DN467979375

Subject: Re: Newbie Outsterhout Tcl book v7.6 and the Tcl of today - DN [1]

Christopher Nelson <chris@pinebush.com> - 18 Apr 1999 - comp.lang.tcl

 Robin Laurén wrote:
 > Just got me John K. Ousterhouts "Tcl and th Tk Toolkit" book from
 > Amazon.co.uk.  However, i was rather disappointed to see that it covers
 > Tcl only to version 7.6 (as i recall it).
 >
 > Now i ask thee, is the book still worth anything?  Should i send it
 > back?  Have drastic changes happened to Tcl since going to version 8?
 > (like Perl going object-oriented with version 5).  I would think so.  Is
 > there any other book on Tcl 8, perhaps even an updated Ousterhout out
 > there, that i as a newcomer (having just written one Tcl/Tk program as
 > an excercise to a cource i took -- it was a rather nifty calendar app,
 > but that's another story altogether) should be getting?

 I think that "Tcl and the Tk Toolkit" provides a fine foundation (and, I think,
 more basic stuff than most other books out there).  However, it's not good as
 your only Tcl book.  If you are an experienced programmer new to Tcl, you might
 want to try "Tcl/Tk for Real Programmers" by Clif Flynt.

                                             Chris
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