"Create, Read, Update, and Delete" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRUD_%28acronym%29] [[Tcl does fine, but doesn't really compete. Explain much more context.]] [RLH] I think in a bigger sense you see the "other" [web] [framework]s that create CRUD applications pretty much on-the-fly. Scaffolding and such seems the rage now days. [LV] What's an example of such a framework? Are we talking about things like Excel? Remember to compare "apples" to "apples" - Tcl isn't a web framework. Tcl+some extensions would equate to a web framework. [RLH] Yes we are talking web frameworks. Or at least I was. [Python], [Perl], [PHP] and [Ruby] all have this. [LV] I don't know those communities - do you have any specific examples for one (or more) of these in mind? Anyone have a suggested set of Tcl [extension]s that would make Tcl into something equivalent? Perhaps [ActiveTcl]'s set of extensions? [RS]: Looking at Wikipedia about CRUD, it looks like [sqlite] fills the description best. Or even a simpler mechanism, where the crud is written to a text file in Tcl format, and loaded with [source]... ---- [[[Category Acronym]|[Category Database]]]