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I love Tcl. The community is great. I watch the TCT (Tcl Core Team) and they are very meticulous about what changes are being made in the language. Tcl has added some things in the last few years as well. It has an object oriented framework built in (TclOO) now, which most people don't know about. I think I love it because it IS so different.

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This. It's like watching master craftsmen work on some parts for the sheer joy and challenge. (Pity the parts that don't have the craftsmen working on them mind you)

I really enjoyed working with it when I was writing Expect scripts (a long, long time ago) and found myself writing some Tcl scripts alongside the Expect-specific bits. What sorts of things are you using it for?

I use it for sysadmin scripts and quick Tk gui utility stuff.

I have some ideas that I want to express in Tcl as well.

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