[NTLUG:Discuss] tcl or python

[Dennis Myhand]

Leroy Tennison wrote:
> I decided to learn tcl because of tk and it's ability to produce GUI 
> programs on linux.  I'm currently reading "Tcl and the Tk Toolkit" and 
> having more reservations the further I get into it (should I be reading 
> something else?).  Tcl is beginning to look like a programmer's "mine 
> field" with all kinds of subtle surprises for the uninitiated due to 
> deferred processing.  Although tcl can be used on Cisco which is a plus, 
> I'm beginning to ask if I should change focus to python after the recent 
> post.  Can someone who knows both comment on the relative strength and 
> weaknesses of the two?  Thanks for the input.
> 

Try reading this:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882

Learning Python is a project of mine this summer.  Peace, Dennis in Victoria