Re: converting VB programs (was Re: developing a K12 Linux distribution)

[Rhandeev Singh <rhandeev@comp.nus.edu.sg>]

On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Bill Tihen wrote:
> Hi Doug,
> 
> Sounds like an interesting idea to convert them automatically.  We don't
> need to worry about the add ons do we?  I would figure they couldn't be
> freely distributed.  I can't comment on how much free VB software there is.
>  I am not sure.  I usually help people find software, but of course they
> also come to me.  This time they found the VB Bewegte Mathe.  Does anyone
> out there have an idea on the volume of VB edu software?

Tcl is bad at computation and for handling large chunks of structured
data.  

Perl/Tk is a better choice for general purpose apps.

tclx/tix/itcl-tcl/itcl-itcl look very promising though.  It's probably
worth a look.

Rhan.