Version 3 of Category Tcl Implementations

Updated 2009-05-13 03:02:26 by mistachkin

Purpose: To provide an index of pages related to various implementations of interpreters that provide Tcl-like functionality.


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"Category Distribution" largely duplicates this information.

Technically, a distribution is different than an implementation. A distribution is a gathering together of files into some sort of format for installation.

An implementation is, typically in computer science, the way someone takes an idea and builds a versions specific to their needs. So, for instance, Jacl, Eagle, and Tcl are implementations of the ideas that Dr. Ousterhout developed regarding a language that could be used as a mini internal language for applications. ActiveTcl and the sf.net source codes at http://tcl.sf.net/ are examples of distributions of the original Tcl implementation.

If these two categories are largely duplicate, then that means that one, or both, categories are probably misapplied.


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