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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Why you should not use Tcl
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In article <3680s8$rn6@ursula.ee.pdx.edu>,
Marcus Daniels <marcus@ee.pdx.edu> wrote:
> Tcl is the wrong thing for GNU because it fits into the business model
> just a little too well.  Tcl promotes throwaway hacks, while elisp
> and Scheme merely allow them.

That's exactly right. Tcl promotes throwaway hacks. When you're writing
throwaway hacks, why would you consider anything else?

(take this whichever way you want)
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