package require tcldotnet or package require tclmono - TCL

tcltkdev@aol.com wrote:
> I'm just wondering how difficult it would be to implement a package
> that would allow the use of dotnet or mono.

By ****ogy with the coupling between Tcl and Java, there are two ways to
do it: connecting a standard interpreter to the .NET runtime, or
rewriting Tcl in C#. (I advise leaving alone the task of compiling Tcl
scripts to CIL for now; it's a lot of work to get anywhere, and you'll
get things going faster if you don't bother. Or at least start with.)
You may also want to start looking at http://wiki.tcl.tk/6192 and go
from there.

Donal.

Donal K. Fellows wrote:
> tcltkdev@aol.com wrote:
>> I'm just wondering how difficult it would be to implement a package
>> that would allow the use of dotnet or mono.
>
> By ****ogy with the coupling between Tcl and Java, there are two ways to
> do it: connecting a standard interpreter to the .NET runtime, or
> rewriting Tcl in C#. (I advise leaving alone the task of compiling Tcl
> scripts to CIL for now; it's a lot of work to get anywhere, and you'll
> get things going faster if you don't bother. Or at least start with.)
> You may also want to start looking at http://wiki.tcl.tk/6192 and go
> from there.

Then there is also using .net applications from Tcl.. If the application
provides a Web Services interface, then you can use the client side of the
Web Services for Tcl
(http://members.cox.net/gerald.lester...cesForTcl.html).

Likewise if you are have a Web Service in Tcl you can "call" it from your
..net application.


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What I have in mind is some sort of OS API.