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From: jester@crash.cts.com (Ken Bibb)
Subject: Re: Why you should not use Tcl
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 03:49:17 GMT
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In <361goe$bfu@news.bridge.com> james@bridge.com (James Montebello) writes:

>Richard Stallman (rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu) wrote:
>: Tcl has a peculiar syntax that appeals to hackers because of its
>: simplicity.  But Tcl syntax seems strange to most users. 

>I cannot agree with this.  o you have any evidence to support such a
>sweeping statement? I, for one, find Tcl's syntax a good deal more
>readable than any Lisp variant.

I find Lisp to be more readable than Tcl.  Be thankful that there is
a choice of languages instead of attacking one that you do not like
(it's probably not one of your primary languages).


