Why is tcl broken?

Fernando Mato Mira matomira at iname.com
Fri Jun 11 06:13:04 EDT 1999


Bob Techentin wrote:

> These flame wars are more than five years old.  Tcl has had namespaces
> and a byte-code compiler for years.

I know that. But I see some serious things there (the `call by name' issue,
for example) that give me the impression must be still around unless
the semantics have gone through a major change.

I would cut this thread right here before someone comes up
with some myth. There's enough work for debunkers there.

Thanks,






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