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Re:Advantages of Tcl over Lisp (2005) by empath75 on Sunday October 29, 2017 @08:36PM (#15582399)
Yeah I know about that, but there was a lot more sort of devops before devops was a thing tools written in tcl as well there.
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Re:Advantages of Tcl over Lisp (2005) by exikyut on Monday October 30, 2017 @12:47AM (#15583147)
What sorts of things did these tools do?

I'm obviously aware you can't be precisely specific, but I imagine that the level of detail you _can_ share is probably still very interesting.

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Re:Advantages of Tcl over Lisp (2005) by brianbaquiran on Monday October 30, 2017 @06:30AM (#15584060)
One of the most popular "devops before devops was a thing" tools was Expect, which simulated an interactive session over Telnet or SSH. It effectively allowed ops to automate anything that could be done in a terminal.
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Re:Advantages of Tcl over Lisp (2005) by vram22 on Monday October 30, 2017 @10:44AM (#15585294)
Expect is a great tool and was widely used for such automation (including by EDA companies - along with Tcl), I've read. I tried it some and read the book about Expect by Don Libes, Expect's creator. A very good book, with a unique writing style, that I somewhat can't find words to describe well.
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