Monday
Aug042008
Tcl/Tk on the Mac
Mon, August 4, 2008 at 1:26 PM
so you take one of the easiest languages to write a GUI application in, combine it with an OS that prides itself on look & feel and ease of use, you have a great platform for writing applications. right?
wrong. you have not.
i've proselytized Tcl/Tk for the last 10 years. and on windows or linux i wouldn't use anything else for a gui application.
one thing mac users expect (as i'm beginning to find out) programs are trivial to install, and generally easy to use, most with a shallow learning curve.
but using tcl/tk on the mac is frustrating. probably because various installers i've tried couldn't quite get it right. that includes the activestate installer.
there are some programs i want to start writing, and i got tired of manually struggling with tcl/tk, so while i still have it installed, i've pretty much given up on it for doing anything major.
otoh, i was able to download, install, and write the ubiquitous "Hello World" (cocoa program) in RealBasic2008, all within five minutes.
wrong. you have not.
i've proselytized Tcl/Tk for the last 10 years. and on windows or linux i wouldn't use anything else for a gui application.
one thing mac users expect (as i'm beginning to find out) programs are trivial to install, and generally easy to use, most with a shallow learning curve.
but using tcl/tk on the mac is frustrating. probably because various installers i've tried couldn't quite get it right. that includes the activestate installer.
there are some programs i want to start writing, and i got tired of manually struggling with tcl/tk, so while i still have it installed, i've pretty much given up on it for doing anything major.
otoh, i was able to download, install, and write the ubiquitous "Hello World" (cocoa program) in RealBasic2008, all within five minutes.
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