Re: [tcljava-user] Reasons for using JACL?

[Kristoffer L. <se...@fi...>]

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Patrick Finnegan wrote:

> It seems to me that the primary purpose of JACL is to allow java programmers
> write procedural non object orientated code that will run under a JVM and
> perhaps allow non java programmers to access or administer the application
> through a simple script interface .  Are there any other reasons why Java
> programmers would embed JACL or indeed Jython in a Java application rather
> then writing everything in pure Java?

I've used it in the traditional good scripting manner. Ie. I have a core 
written in Java which is then scripted via some Jacl scripts.

Pure Java is quite simply inferior when it comes to writing tests or for 
dynamic stuff from the CLI or whatever. In fact, Java is inferior to Tcl 
for the core stuff as well, but I have no say in that matter.

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