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Subject: Re: Is Tcl/Tk good for large projects? - DN [1]

claird@starbase.neosoft.com (Cameron Laird) - 22 Jun 2000 - comp.lang.tcl

 In article <39524E10.AB9604B@motorola.com>,
 Tom Krehbiel  <tom.krehbiel@motorola.com> wrote:
 >I am in a new job and just talked to my boss about Tcl/Tk. He said forget using
 >Tcl/Tk it isn't any good for large projects. I know this to be false but need
 >some unbiased references. Where can I find testimonies that include information
 >on the size of the project.
 >Tom K.
 >

 I used to maintain
 <URL:http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/comp.lang.tcl/commercial-tcl.html>;
 to answer questions such as yours.  I thought that bosses such as yours
 were dying off sufficiently rapidly that I no longer bother keeping it
 current.

 Moreover, the references Jeffrey offered are probably more pertinent
 nowadays.  Managers feel comfort when they hear that GE, IBM, Citibank,
 Ford, ... use a particular technology.

 Iridium operations management software uses Tcl.  I can imagine that's
 not regarded as much of a recommendation within Motorola.
 --

 Cameron Laird <claird@NeoSoft.com>
 Business:  http://www.Phaseit.net
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