[olug] Re: Expect script help...

[David Walker]

Not to start a language war. I do understand each language has strengths and 
weaknesses and each programmer has preferences on top of that.

I find TCL easier to write readable code and extremely extensible.  I started 
using it for programming web pages because of OpenACS 
( http://openacs.org/ ).

More recently I have been using it in places where I used to use a Bash script 
for system administration type jobs.  It compiles my web server logs and then 
runs them through webalizer to generate log reports, for instance.

My alarm system, rather than paying for a monitoring service, uses a couple of 
TCL scripts to page me in case of unauthorized entry.

My SMTP server is also TCL.  Currently it rejects obviously fraudulent 
messages and then processes the rest through SpamAssassin (yes, I know 
SpamAssassin is Perl).  I am adding a system to it to process mail using 
ClamAV, renattach, and possibly other mail processors using a database-backed 
preference system such that each user could select via web interface how they 
want their mail processed.

As I see it, the main weakness in TCL compared to Perl is the lack of 
availability of add-in modules like on CPAN.org.

On Tuesday 31 August 2004 05:32 pm, Jay Hannah wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2004, at 5:31 PM, David Walker wrote:
> > I've been converting all my old Perl scripts to TCL because it is so
> > much
> > easier.
>
> Language selection all depends on what you need to accomplish. I like
> Perl because it can do almost anything. If you only need to do certain
> things, other tools shine for specific tasks.
>
> What kinds of work do you do in TCL?
>
> $0.02,
>
> j
>
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