Regular expression code implementation review between Tcl vs Python

[K_Lee]

David Gravereaux <davygrvy at pobox.com> wrote in message news:<tph3rvsru37i0b86jr1s4egr3bdvjqitrm at 4ax.com>...
> Google_Post at slink-software.com (K_Lee) wrote:
> 
> >I guess the TCL original goal was also to support
> >Win16, DOS, etc.
> 
> No it wasn't.  Given whatever core an extension is loaded into, the
> extension grabs the function table from the core it is loaded into.
> 
> Say for example I build all of Tcl statically into my application (kinda
> dumb, but let's just say).  If I try to load an extension into it, where is
> it supposed to get the Tcl functions it needs?  Do you see the issue Stubs
> solves?
> 


Ok, David,  I understand better now.  

(Putting on my monday morning quarterback hat.) 

If the original design specifies that 
    * If you load extension with .so/dll, you are required 
    load tcl from .so/dll.
then we can get rid the stub interface, right?

That doesn't sound like an unreasonable requirement for 
people who use any tcl + extension.


I still think Tcl'folks did a great jobs, just like to know the
trade off vs. features better.


K Lee