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Re:Little: a tcl-based c-like scripting language by luckydude on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @08:37PM (#11531563)
You hit the nail on the head. Tcl/Tk doesn't get enough love, it's a really useful system even after all these years, it's gotten much better in terms of looks and it was always great in terms of what it could do. All Little does is make it more approachable for the 9x% of the world that prefers C, types, etc.

When people say Tk looks bad point them here: http://www.little-lang.org/gui.html

Tk can look just fine.

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Re:Little: a tcl-based c-like scripting language by cosarara97 on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @09:51AM (#11534349)
> Firefox vs us on Linux

That's a bit of an unfair comparison. Gtk has lots of nice themes which AFAIK Tk can't use. That dialog doesn't exist on Firefox anymore, but this is what Thunderbird's preferences look like on my machine: https://my.mixtape.moe/fggaex.png

It's true, Tk can look okay on linux, but it will still be out of place when placed side by side with Gtk and Qt apps (Qt can use Gtk themes).

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Re:Little: a tcl-based c-like scripting language by luckydude on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:18AM (#11535037)
Yup, that's the price you pay for having it cross platform and avoiding C++. If I were making that choice today, might lean towards Qt, but I'm not sure. Tk's widgets are really pleasant to use, the last time I looked at Qt it was a lot lower level (may have gotten better, it's been a while).
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Re:Little: a tcl-based c-like scripting language by starseeker on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @10:45PM (#11531925)
Have you ever had to try converting a large pile of pre-existing Tcl/Tk code to L?

Wondering how much work that would be...

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Re:Little: a tcl-based c-like scripting language by luckydude on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:11AM (#11534968)
It's a rewrite but it can be incremental, you can mix and match Tcl and Little code in the same file.
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