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Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 00:57:53 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> I'm losing faith in TCL/TK stuff.  Nice idea conceptually, but painfully
> slow.

I don't think this is TCL and Tk's fault at all - the ports and
packages just aren't very efficiently organized, period, and pretty
much *any* conceivable front end which doesn't attempt to keep its own
information cache is doomed to be slower than heck. :-(

						Jordan