The Tcl Programming Language
by Ashok P. Nadkarni · first published 2017
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…http://homepages.laas.fr/mallet/soft/shell/eltclsh as your REPL for how it does completion). If you want a book, there are quite a few, but most of them outdated. While I haven't read it myself, I have heard good things about the most recent, The Tcl Programming Language, and I enjoyed its author's other writing on Tcl. The man pages that Tcl comes with are a high quality reference for its commands. The Tcler's Wiki (https://tcl.wiki/) is also indispensable as a reference…
on “Where Tcl and Tk Went Wrong (2010)” ↗I think people should buy Ashok P. Nadkarni's "The TCL Programming Language" and they will understand why Tcl is still relevant. I hope he releases an update for 9.0.
on “Why I Like Tcl” ↗"The TCL Programming Language" is a recent (2017) book, paired with the language docs at https://www.tcl.tk/doc/. The language itself is remarkably simple.
on “Visual Tcl” ↗I highly recommend The Tcl Programming Language: A Comprehensive Guide: https://www.magicsplat.com/ttpl/index.html For those who are not aware, Tcl is actually part of standard Python distribution through TKinter. There are many things Tcl has built…
on “Closures in Tcl” ↗I've been interested in the Tcl language since 2010 or so but have only written small scripts up to this point in time. I decided it was finally time to dive in so I've been working my way through "The Tcl Programming Language: A Comprehensive Guide" by Ashok P. Nadkarni as well as learning about the Naviserver ecosystem.
on “Ask HN: What are you learning?” ↗This is the latest book on Tcl (does not cover Tk) by one of the active members of Tcl community. The Tcl Programming Language: A Comprehensive Guide: https://www.magicsplat.com/ttpl/index.html
on “Tcl/Tk Spline Editor” ↗