On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Brendan Moran wrote:

>> > TCL is a Unix (possibly Win nowadays) scripting/programming
>>
>> It is a scripting language, but not tied to any OS.
>>
>> > BTW, it's pronounced as "tickle".
>>
>> Actually it should be pronounced as "ti", the "ckle" stands for the Tk
>> library that is often 'bundeled' with the Tk interpreter (for instance in
>> wish). The combination is refered to as Tck/Tk. BTW Tk is just a C library
>> and can be used in other environments than Tcl, see for instance Python /
>> TkInter.
>
>I was under the impression that the Tcl (Tool Command Language) interpreter
>often had the Tk library bundled with it, producing Tcl/Tk.  And that Tcl
>was pronounced "tickle" because it looks like it should be.
>
>Could be wrong, I'll check my book tonight.

Usually there are two programs in a tickle distribution. One is tclsh and
the other is wish. tclsh does the tcl language. wish does everything tclsh
does plus it has the tk (toolkit) built in so it produces GUIs besides
being a proper tcl interpreter. Now I remembered what tcl stands for.

tcl = tool control language

(or command l.).

tk = toolkit, as in GUI toolkit.

Peter

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