<![CDATA[Steadily converting my Bash skills to Tcl.]]>Steadily converting my Bash skills to Tcl.

Downsides so far: low adoption, some awkward quoting rules and process redirection.

Upsides: everything else.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0bac52c9-afc1-4024-8ad1-04e1d8e5129b/steadily-converting-my-bash-skills-to-tcl.RSS for NodeWed, 15 Apr 2026 08:53:02 GMTWed, 25 Mar 2026 00:45:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Steadily converting my Bash skills to Tcl. on Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:06:15 GMT]]>@deech it powers Magic and Cadence solvers. Over-represented in Electrical Engineering apparently.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/t0yv0/statuses/116287129221158945https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/t0yv0/statuses/116287129221158945Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:06:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Steadily converting my Bash skills to Tcl. on Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:55:36 GMT]]>@joe unironically, yeah! Now it has theming, a11y screen reader support and single file executable deployment.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/deech/statuses/116287087343778495https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/deech/statuses/116287087343778495Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:55:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Steadily converting my Bash skills to Tcl. on Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:51:43 GMT]]>@deech can we bring back Tk as a UI toolkit while you’re at it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://f.duriansoftware.com/users/joe/statuses/116287072083524716https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://f.duriansoftware.com/users/joe/statuses/116287072083524716Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:51:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Steadily converting my Bash skills to Tcl. on Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:50:15 GMT]]>This language is overlooked and "secret weapon"y enough that it could be a good conf talk.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/deech/statuses/116287066304151040https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/deech/statuses/116287066304151040Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:50:15 GMT