From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun May 11 21:15:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA27360 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 11 May 1997 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA27351 for ; Sun, 11 May 1997 21:15:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA03075; Mon, 12 May 1997 13:45:12 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199705120415.NAA03075@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: project: editor In-Reply-To: <199705111229.FAA01208@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "May 11, 97 05:29:31 am" To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty) Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:45:11 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Amancio Hasty stands accused of saying: > > Not sure that I like tcl for this sort of thing .. however I am considering > it . The problem that I have with tcl for end users is that it is not > an intuitive language nor is it well structured unless one uses something > like tcl / incr. I have to think about it a little longer and explore > other alternatives . This is the "I don't like Tcl" reflex. It's like the gag reflex; once you recognise it, it's easy to deal with. I am having a lot of success teaching basic Tcl to EE's and non-programmer types; if you stay away from the really evil things that you _can_ do with it, it's not so evil at all. The "11 rules of Tcl" in the Tcl(n) manpage give you a good foundation to work with. > Amancio -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[