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Tcl

Tcl

Tcl is a scripting language particularly suited for tasks such as implementing graphical user interfaces in conjuction with the tk graphics toolkit.

Mailing lists and newsgroups

The newsgroup for general discussion of tcl is comp.lang.tcl. The group comp.lang.tcl.announce is for announcements.

Getting tcl and tk

I suppose we need to make an explicit disclaimer that the distributions listed below are not supported by Cyclic. In most cases we are just redistributing or linking to a distribution provided by someone else, and didn't even help write any of it.

Most linux distributions include tcl and tk.

See the Sun web site below for information about downloading tcl, including tcl for Windows.

Paid Support

Consulting, training, and support is available from various people.

For more information

The book Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, Brent Welch, is a comprehensive guide to programming in tcl. There are some errata at the author's page.

The Tcl/Tk Consortium page contains information on downloading tcl; a list of Official Vendors for tcl-related services; information on books, magazines, and conferences; and more.

Neosoft's page contains the Tcl Contributed Sources Archive and more.

Derek Price, CVS developer and technical editor of Essential CVS (Essentials line from O'Reilly Press) , and others offer consulting services and training through Ximbiot.