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Re:I can't believe I'm praising Tcl (2008) by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday September 05, 2020 @09:17PM (#24388189)
Tcl is an aw some configuration language. Delete all the commands to make it non-Turing complete. Throw in infix assignment for ergonomics and you have a minimal configuration language that can be enhanced by adding back more commands as needed.
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Re:I can't believe I'm praising Tcl (2008) by unixhero on Sunday September 06, 2020 @04:12AM (#24389851)
I think I get this. Would you have any code examples laying around?
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Re:I can't believe I'm praising Tcl (2008) by sirn on Sunday September 06, 2020 @08:36AM (#24390928)
MacPorts' Portfile[1], maybe? Portfile is being evaluated entirely within interp[2] with only few functions exposed inside the environment

[1]: https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/lang/...

[2]: https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TclCmd/interp.htm

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Re:I can't believe I'm praising Tcl (2008) by unixhero on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:46AM (#24397455)
Very decent, that file from the Macports repo looks very clean and sane. Thank you.
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Re:I can't believe I'm praising Tcl (2008) by gglitch on Sunday September 06, 2020 @08:45AM (#24390970)
Possibly related: https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/handle/2014/7660/03-1728....
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Re:I can't believe I'm praising Tcl (2008) by hobby-coder-guy on Monday September 14, 2020 @11:00PM (#24477500)
Aw some?
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