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On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:33 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.

At my workplace we use a commercial Tcl-based mail and web server for
sending out millions of emails to our customers. Scripting the
messages with Tcl to generate dynamic mail contents based on their
location, purchasing history, doing A/B tests, etc.