Re: [gentoo-user] Tcl in your system...

["Håkon Alstadheim" <hakon@alstadheim.priv.no>]

Den 29. nov. 2011 06:03, skrev Michael Mol:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Pandu Poluan<pandu@poluan.info>  wrote:
>> Just wondering if anyone here ever use Tcl for scripting (i.e., automating
>> repetitive procedures) or even *gasp* serious programming.
> Not me, but Tcl is one of the best-represented langauges on the site I run.
>

I use it for small stuff (with expect) regarding keeping my cheap 
consumer-grade routers/switches running. Those things usually have 
either a telnet or ssh interface that allows me to 
monitor/configure/reboot, but they are usually too ficle to be 
programmed in any predictable way. Muddle through a problem manually, 
and record the solution in an expect script to keep until next time. 
Over the years I have accumulated several that are stable enough to run 
unattended. Last couple of times that my most troublesome wifi-box got 
alzheimers, it got rebooted automatically. Dynamic DNS (10+ hostnames) 
and ADSL rebooting happens within 5 minutes of my ISP deciding to do 
something weird. expectk brings a semblance of sanity.

No serious programming though. Did use exmh as my main mailclient until 
~9 years ago. It is still being developed, look into that if you want an 
example of Tcl in a largeish project.