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		surfingdino on July 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A brief interview with Tcl creator John Ousterhout... Tcl "powers" the internet in a non-direct way since it is used in Cisco IOS.

rwmj on July 20, 2024 | [–]

And every proprietary EDA tool in the world too.

bch on July 20, 2024 | | [–]

...and a10/F5 aFleX/iRules[0][1], and the scripting in Tealeaf[2][3], ...

[0] https://www.a10networks.com/blog/aflex-tutorial/

[1] https://community.f5.com/kb/technicalarticles/irules-concept...

[2] https://www.acoustic.com/tealeaf

[3] https://help.goacoustic.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043785173-E...

IshKebab on July 20, 2024 | | | [–]

...unfortunately.

I guess to be fair if it hadn't been TCL they would have chosen something even worse.

surfingdino on July 20, 2024 | | | [–]

I guess Lua wasn't available at the time.

latenightcoding on July 20, 2024 | [–]

Chez Scheme too then!

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