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Tcl/Tk - for what purposes is it good for?

 
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Hi,
In the company where I work (hardware company), there is a vast use in Tcl. I must admit that it's the first time I've ever heard of that language.
Am I right that this language is becoming rare today? Who still uses it and what are its strengths comparing other languages?

 
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I am not sure I can completely answer your question, but I use tcl every day. I work on an Integration Engine (IE) called Cloverleaf - I believe it is the dominant IE in healthcare, and it uses tcl for all KINDS of stuff - parsing messages, updating, routing...we even write tcl scripts that we run on a command line that monitors and controls our jobs (I personally prefer Perl, but that's primarily because I learned it first).

Once, another guy and I tried to write the same little utility program - he used tcl, I used Perl. In the end, there wasn't much difference between the two.
 
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