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From: exukenc@exu.ericsson.com (Ken Corey)
Subject: Re: Sun's plans about Tcl.
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Richard Stallman (rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu) wrote:
: In my article about GNU's plans for an extension language, I cited a
: plan by Sun to "make Tcl the universal scripting language".  Since
: then I have been accused of spreading "misinformation" (the
: implication being that I did so deliberately).
[deletia...]
: I am not presenting the message below as evidence for an "accusation",
: because that implies stronger criticism than I have or had in mind.  I
: mentioned Sun's plan, not to harp on Sun for it, but to explain why it
: made my own actions necessary.  Sun's behavior in this is at worst
: pushy; real condemnation should be reserved for serious wrongs, such
: as making software non-free.

Makes your actions necessary?  Sun's actions are pushy?  Feh.  

It's interesting to me that you decided to preempt their "attack"
on scripting languages by making your own attack against anything that's
not lisp/scheme oriented.

The simple fact is that Sun will have very little more affect on which
scripting languages get used than you will. Programmers will still 
choose the language that they think in and are most comfortable with.

Let's just say that there's a version of scheme out there that's interfaced
with TK.  How's its popularity?  Are people using it in anywhere close to
the numbers that are using tcl or anything else and tk?

Also, I wanted to add that with every post along these lines, you're losing
more and more credibility. Just wanted to make sure *someone* told you.

--
Ken Corey   exukenc@exu.ericsson.se 214/907-5841  Speaking for everyone...
  Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow they may make it illegal.
