On the Suitability of Tcl/Tk for SYS
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) was called on recently to examine a system, hereafter called SYS, written entirely in the Tool Control Language/Toolkit (Tcl/Tk) language. In response to some negative comments in the SEI's report, the developers presented a list of systems purported to demonstrate the viability of Tcl/Tk as a development tool. A review of the 67 listed systems found that Tcl/Tk is indeed practical for developing large systems.
Small systems written in the language often follow a paradigm of "classic Tcl/Tk windows." SYS embraced this approach to the extent of involving hundreds of windows. The review showed that no other large system written in Tcl/Tk has anywhere near as many such windows. User interviews suggested that the number of different windows was indeed a problem. SYS should consider an alternative design, perhaps a Web-based approach. Some design criteria are described at the end of the report.
Technical Note
CMU/SEI-2003-TN-001
February 2003
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SEI:
Hansen, Wilfred; On the Suitability of Tcl/Tk for SYS (CMU/SEI-2003-TN-001). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/03tn001.cfm
IEEE:
W. Hansen, "On the Suitability of Tcl/Tk for SYS," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2003-TN-001, 2003. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/03tn001.cfm
APA:
Hansen, W., (2003). On the Suitability of Tcl/Tk for SYS (CMU/SEI-2003-TN-001). Retrieved May 22, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/03tn001.cfm
CHI:
Hansen, Wilfred, On the Suitability of Tcl/Tk for SYS (CMU/SEI-2003-TN-001). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/03tn001.cfm
MLA:
Hansen, W., 2003. On the Suitability of Tcl/Tk for SYS (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2003-TN-001). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/03tn001.cfm
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