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Tcl for Rubyists
Sam StephensonOther formats
One of my favorite things about the Ruby community is that its members aren't afraid of looking to other languages for inspiration. I hope to continue that tradition by giving an overview of Tcl -- a dynamic, introspective, and often misunderstood langauge -- from a Rubyist's perspective. I'll start with a brief introduction to Tcl itself, then delve into Tcl's introspective capabilities. Next I'll show how you can use introspection to add Ruby- and Scheme-like features to the language. I'll also demonstrate how to augment built-in commands and create DSLs. Finally, I'll show how to embed a Tcl interpreter into Ruby and expose Ruby methods as Tcl commands.
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