SMM++ Manual Version 5.0

15 Why Tcl/Tk?

Ok, a few years ago, there was a more detailed discussion here, but things have settled meanwhile!

Many arguments against tcl/tk don't exist anymore: Tcl/Tk is precompiling, resources (CPU, RAM) are available and structured programming in tcltk is possible!

Esp. itcl is awesome! One gets the whole might of OO programming! And the easyness of a shell! It is just great. I want to thank the programmers and contributers of itcl, tcl/tk again here!

A few more pros:

  • tcltk, itcl are cross plattform!
  • tcl/tk has the best! widgets! They look best! They have the best functionality!
  • tcl/tk, itcl are for free!
  • tcl/tk, itcl is a standart.
  • tcl/tk, itcl is developing further: e.g. I might be able in the future just to distribute binary code.

Any search machine will find you tcl, tk and/or itcl websites! But you could try these:

Selim Issever
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