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

[Bruce J. <nm...@ma...>]

I'll be releasing a new version of Swank shortly (sort of Tk for  
Jacl), which allows one to create scripted Java GUIs.  I find Jacl/ 
Swank very useful for building applications with Java code underneath  
for the high performance parts (though with Mo DeJong's TJC, the  
performance of Jacl itself is gettting quite good).

Bruce




On Nov 27, 2006, at 4:08 PM, Tom Poindexter wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 09:11:52PM +0200, Kristoffer Lawson wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
>
> I think you could apply most of the same reasons why one woud use  
> Tcl/C
> instead of pure C.  Write less code.
>
> My use of Jacl is inverted from Patrick's use: I use Jacl driving  
> Java objects.
> Most of my Jacl usage is:
>     Prototyping,
>     Integration and unit testing  (JUnit is simply the wrong  
> approach, IMHO)
>     Lightweight applications
>     Administrative tasks in larger applications
>     More to come in the next few weeks, watch this space.
>
> -- 
> Tom Poindexter
> tpo...@ny...
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