Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread ZB
On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 12:15:44PM -0700, Ben Collver wrote: > Fixed it... > > Here is a download link for Tcl 8.4.20 built using DJGPP with Ck and Sqlite. > > https://archive.org/download/tcl-8.4.20-for-dos Wow! Thanks a lot :) -- regards, Zbigniew __

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread Ben Collver
ZB wrote: On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 11:52:35AM -0700, Ben Collver wrote: On your suggestion i built Tcl 8.4.20 using DJGPP, but it crashes somewhere in TclpSetInitialEncodings(). It seems to recurse infinitely... Thanks, I already got that one - but this is much earlier version. I'm not (yet?)

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread ZB
On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 08:56:41AM -0700, Ben Collver wrote: > Some day i would like to benchmark the DOS port of SQLite versus databases > such as Foxpro and Paradox. I understand these are not fair comparisons > because those old DOS databases supported the 8086. It is a technical > marvel tha

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread ZB
On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 11:49:07AM -0400, dmccunney wrote: > You use TCL/Tk to create wrappers for stuff you write in other > languages. Doing the framework and UI in TCL/Tk will dramatically > reduce development time. Indeed - but not just for this. One can create complete advanced application

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread Ben Collver
Rugxulo wrote: Hi! On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 2:57 PM Ben Collver wrote: I recently built Tcl for DOS using DJGPP. This is based on the work of Georg Potthast and Viktor Wagner. These builds include Ck and Sqlite. Below are download links for Tcl 8.5.19 and Tcl 8.6.9. https://archive.org/downl

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread dmccunney
On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 11:32 AM ZB wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 11:18:42AM -0400, dmccunney wrote: > > > It's available for Windows, Linux, and OS/X > > ...and for all BSDs. I'd be startled if it weren't, The source I listed offers pre-built binaries, but it's portable, so I'd expect BSD fl

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread ZB
On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 11:18:42AM -0400, dmccunney wrote: > It's available for Windows, Linux, and OS/X ...and for all BSDs. In fact today it's not just "Tool Command Language" - but one can create nice application using just TCL/Tk (and some of plenty of packages created for it during past yea

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread dmccunney
On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 10:54 AM Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: > > I used Tck & Tk along BLT (not Bell Lab Tech) to automate the generation of > X-Y plots from CSV files generated by legacy Unix FOTRAN code, it also ran on > Win97 boxes (~15 years ago). Really great stuff. TCL/TK has been around for

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Only a little? I need to try harder then > On Aug 3, 2019, at 11:22 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > > Nice but I like Dennis' s version better. > I think I detect a little bit of ego, here. > > cheers > DS > > > > On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 10:53:30 -0400 Wayne Dernoncourt > writes: >> I used Tck & Tk

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread Dale E Sterner
Nice but I like Dennis' s version better. I think I detect a little bit of ego, here. cheers DS On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 10:53:30 -0400 Wayne Dernoncourt writes: > I used Tck & Tk along BLT (not Bell Lab Tech) to automate the > generation of X-Y plots from CSV files generated by legacy Unix > FOTR

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
I used Tck & Tk along BLT (not Bell Lab Tech) to automate the generation of X-Y plots from CSV files generated by legacy Unix FOTRAN code, it also ran on Win97 boxes (~15 years ago). Really great stuff. This clown speaks for himself > On Aug 3, 2019, at 10:53 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > > I r

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread Dale E Sterner
Super explaination - thanks. cheers DS On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 10:34:07 -0400 dmccunney writes: > On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 1:13 AM Rugxulo wrote: > > > It seems you're aware of existing builds mirrored to iBiblio. (It > was > > most likely me who mirrored those, for completeness, but honestly > I'

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread Dale E Sterner
I really hate to show my ignorance but asking dumb questions is the only way to learn. What is Tcl for DOS and what is it used for.. cheers DS On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:55:38 -0700 Ben Collver writes: > I recently built Tcl for DOS using DJGPP. This is based on the work > of > Georg Potthast an

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

2019-08-03 Thread dmccunney
On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 1:13 AM Rugxulo wrote: > It seems you're aware of existing builds mirrored to iBiblio. (It was > most likely me who mirrored those, for completeness, but honestly I've > never used Tcl and don't know of many apps using it. Still, it sounds > promising.) TCL is a script lan