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		vFunct on Sept 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tcl 9.0 30 years of TCL here. It really is the worst. I immediately moved my scripts to Python 1.0 when Python arrived on the scene because TCL (and PERL) were so horrible.

doublerabbit on Sept 26, 2024 [–]

> 30 years of TCL here. It really is the worst.

If it's personal preference, than fine. But that doesn't make it a horrible language for all. I enjoy TCL and Perl and I'm 35.

I don't touch Python because I don't enjoy it. And I coded with it when it was in early 2.0x in 2003. I'd rather learn Java.

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