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Re: Tcl - Tool command language

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From: Marco Papa
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 1990 09:50
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In article <5231@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Basically, that fits in well with our view. The big problem I see with
>REXX is that it needs each application to implement their own scripting
>language anyway, which is an uncool duplication of effort. This fills
>that gap nicely.

I just got Dr. Ousterhout's paper from Karl and I am very impressed.  We are
DEFINITELY going to use Tcl for "another" platform that doesn not have AREXX,
but are also seriously considering incorporating Tcl into A-Talk III's script
language, maintaining the current Arexx compatibility. Thoughts?

-- Marco
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