On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:28:04 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>> Tcl encodes all data types as strings. I've been bitten by this
>>> before... You write a Tcl script, it works fine, and then it
>>> encounters some input that happens to contain a curly-bracket or a
>>> dollar sign and Weird Crap happens...
>> 
>> That's one of the potential pitfalls with most scripting languages.
> 
> Now you know why I dislike scripting languages in general. ;-)

They work for what they're designed for - I use awk quite a bit, perl 
occasionally, and shell scripts on rare occasions.

But if I wanted to write something that was usuable by a general computer 
user, I'd look to develop in a compiled language, as a general rule.

Jim

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