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Subject: practical limits of Tcl/Tk? - DN [1]

Russ Paielli <rpaielli@mail.arc.nasa.gov> - 13 Apr 1999 - comp.lang.tcl

 I am absolutely convinced that Tcl/Tk is the greatest thing since sliced
 bread for many applications. However, I am just a bit confused about its
 practical limitations.  For what type of graphical applications is it
 better to give up on Tcl and use Java or C/C++/Motif?

 For example, here at NASA Ames we do lots of work on decision support
 tools for air traffic controllers.  These tools involve full-screen map
 displays showing the positions of the aircraft in a region, with several
 windows that can be brought up to set configuration parameters, detect
 and resolve potential conflicts, and perform many other functions.
 These run on a network of Sun Workstations and are typically programmed
 in C with Motif.

 Some of this software will eventually be redesigned and rewritten in
 object-oriented C++.  Will I make a fool of myself if I propose that the
 graphical part of it (or at least some of the graphical part of it) be
 written in Tcl?

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 Russ Paielli

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