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| <h2>Why Tcl?</h2> |
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| <p><b>Flexible</b>: Tcl lets you program in the way you |
| want. For example, you can program in a style that fits |
| your needs, either quick-and-dirty, mixing up HTML and |
| Tcl script to create dynamic web pages fast, or, should |
| you require more organization, for a larger, complex site, Tcl |
| works very well with the 'three tier' model currently in |
| vogue and used by many java systems. |
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| <p><b>Multi-Purpose</b>: Tcl can be used for the web, |
| but also for a variety of other tasks. It was designed |
| as a general purpose "Tool Command Language", infact, to |
| provide users with a language adept at performing a wide |
| range of jobs, including system administration, rapid |
| GUI creation with the Tk graphical toolkit, internet |
| protocol glue, testing harnesses and so on... This |
| means you can learn one language and use it for many |
| things! |
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| <p><b>Wide Industry Use</b>: Tcl has a liberal Open |
| Source license (BSD) which has helped spread it within |
| the industry, both as a stand-alone product, as well as |
| embedded within applications as an extension language. |
| It is used by such industry front-runners as Cisco, AOL, |
| CNET, and many others. |
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| <p><b>Fast, Light</b>: Tcl is fast, having undergone |
| major improvements in the past years. System resources |
| are also impacted lightly - Tcl takes up relatively |
| small amounts of disk and memory space.</p> |
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| <p><b>Easy</b>: A simple syntax, and lots of |
| documentation, both in print and on the web, make Tcl |
| an easy language to learn, both for the experienced |
| software professional as well as for students, web |
| authors, hobbyists and others, who find that with a |
| little bit of learning, they can accomplish a great |
| deal.</p> |
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| <p><b>Existing Code</b>: There are thousands upon |
| thousands of lines of existing code to be used, either |
| as examples to be learned from, to be included |
| directly in your code, or as extensions to perform a |
| range of common tasks - image manipulation, email, |
| XML, SOAP, HTTP, socket programming, etc... |
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