On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:49:58 -0600, Patrick Dughi wrote:
>> I haven't had a chance to learn perl yet. As for tcl/tk, I really
>> didn't like what I've seen of it, although that was at least 4-5 years
>> ago. An editor-editor arrangement would probably be easier for
>> builders/coders to learn than my first attempt at a scripting
>> language, for sure :)
>
> Heh. actually - perl/tk is not two different subsets of languages.
>It's one language altogether. Well, it's actually just a perl module, but
>still.... Installation is easy, for windows; grab the active perl install
>from www.activestate.com, and then after it's installed run ppm, and
>download the 'Tk' module (case sensitive). PPM downloads & installs at
>the same time. Then a program to create a simple window:
I misunderstood. I thought you meant perl _or_ tk, which I thought
implied tcl. Perl looks like a much more intuitive language. One of
these days when I have a good chunk of free time again I'll have to
buy another bookshelf and grok it in its fullness.
Sam
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