Re: [tcljava-dev] Dynamic Languages on the JVM: The Future

[Charles O. N. <cha...@su...>]

Bruce Johnson wrote:
> 
> Of course, these things always contribute a little to the traditional 
> "we have the best-kept secret", or perhaps, "we have the largest 
> inferiority complex" that plagues the Tcl world.  One would like to 
> think that Tcl/Jacl wouldn't be relegated to the "etc." category in 
> lists such as this (from the Java One flyer).  
> 
> Scripting languages (e.g. Groovy, Jython, Ruby, Perl, PHP, Python, 
> Rhino, etc.)
> 
> Apparently we do need what the Java One conference calls a "Rock 
> Star".  On the other hand perhaps the steady, but unnoticed,  usage of 
> Tcl is better than a rise to stardom followed by decline to obscurity.

Yes, this whole dynamic language world is pretty fickle. Either you're 
the darling or the stepchild, and there's no guarantees where you'll 
stand from year to year.

I suppose you're right about the "rock star" thing. Perhaps what most 
people are missing in Tcl nowadays is a big-name app that fits into one 
of the latest popular development models... a Rails or Django or 
something that shows people they can get things done in Tcl they can't 
do as easily in other languages. Not knowing the Tcl world much myself, 
I can't say what that an app would be.

- Charlie