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Red: A programming language inspired by REBOL

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95 points Levitating | 3 comments | 31 Aug 25 03:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.452s | source
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hn-ifs ◴[31 Aug 25 11:13 UTC] No.45082292[source]▶
I remember looking at red ages ago but never got round to using it. I like to learn odd non-mainstream languages. Currently learning Nushell which is an amazing alternative shell. And I like the look of roc-lang too.

I'm desperate for a truly cross platform programming language with gui abilities on those platforms. I'm slowly learning dart/flutter for this but truly wish for something simpler. I get the reasoning behind flutters declarative style but it's certainly not simple, especially when you get to state management.

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0x0203 ◴[31 Aug 25 11:51 UTC] No.45082465[source]▶
Tcl/tk is still alive and doing well. It's cross platform, very quick to learn, and easily embeddable into other languages/projects.
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hollerith ◴[31 Aug 25 11:55 UTC] No.45082484[source]▶
Can you name an important software written in Tcl or Tk?

Important softwares written in Ruby for example include Rails and Homebrew.

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1. fuzztester ◴[02 Sep 25 00:29 UTC] No.45097888[source]▶
I've read many times in the past that a lot of EDA-related software is written in Tcl and Tk.

Electronic Design Automation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_design_automation

See:

https://www.tcl-lang.org/about/uses.html

The section about Embedded Development.

CAD is mentioned there too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_design

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2. fuzztester ◴[02 Sep 25 00:32 UTC] No.45097906[source]▶
Pasting that section's content here:

Because Tcl is a very compact language, and is easily integrated with special hardware, it is a popular choice for embedded development. You'll find Tcl hidden away on many devices, including many networking products from Cisco and others, and set-top boxes including Tivo. Embedding Tcl within other software projects is of course also hugely popular, and has become the dominant control language in some industries, such as in electronic design automation (EDA) and computer-aided design (CAD) applications.

3. fuzztester ◴[02 Sep 25 00:38 UTC] No.45097942[source]▶
More generally:

https://www.tcl-lang.org/about/uses.html