Re: [9fans] I suppose if there's no other way to do it (a quote from the tcl web site)

["David Leimbach" <leimy2k@gmail.com>]

On 8/10/06, Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> wrote:
> "Sure, some other languages have libraries for accessing web or ftp
> sites, or looking inside zip files. But how many provide an open ended
> and extensible system that allows you to access any such resource using
> the same I/O commands you'd use with regular disk files?"
>

C++ iostreams perhaps?  I've got one for sockets, pipes etc...  Now
that's not the same as FTP sites and zip files, but it could be done.
Then you can use the same iterators and algorithms to glue it all
together.  In fact, I think I saw a zlibstream once.  I was thinking
of writing one.

It's done via a blend of template generic programming and OOP.  Too
bad C++ quickly becomes quite confusing and is very easy to abuse and
make difficult to maintain (probably an understatement).

Plan 9 gives me a lot of that power right at the shell because the OS
multiplexes 9P so well.


> hmm. in the language library? Well, I guess if that's all you can do ...
> but this is a really odd quote.
>
> And I actually like tcl ...
>
> ron
>