Tcl Calling Parallel C++ Code Using OpenMP

[nerdponx]

SWIG seems really powerful, but not very common in my experience. Why don't we use this more often to create bindings for the same important core libraries across multiple languages?

[elteto]

Oh but it is used a lot, just not out in the open. We use it to bridge millions of lines of C and C++ with millions of lines of Perl and Python. It is quirky but really stable once you get it going.

[ridruejo]

I’m surprised at how often Tcl makes it to the HN front page even it is not supposed to be a popular language. Even more surprised it is for relatively obscure topics.

[ppereira]

Many tools used in chip design are controlled with Tcl. It provides a stable repl for these heavy, multi-threaded, efficient, C++ programs.

[rkeene2]

Tcl tends to get used in weird places, and is stable so has a high sticky-ness.

[smartmic]

I find it much more exciting to make such discoveries with old, stable languages than to follow the latest developments of hip languages. Much of what is invented or rewritten there again and again has been running with proven tools for decades. However, this is often only known to older graybeards who still use stable industrial code without wider open source visibility.

[markhahn]

Can we just call tcl a fetish programming language?

[blacksqr]

You've hit the nail on the head. There's nothing considered kinkier in the software world than wanting to create correct and useful programs in reasonable time using tools that minimize complexity.