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String-based command interpreter

Built-in event loop

C-level extension API

Tk GUI bindings

Namespace-based scoping

Commands parsed as strings

Bytecode compiled internally

Run by Tcl interpreter

Tk event loop for GUI

Extensions loaded as shared libs

Event-driven GUI apps

Command-pipeline scripting

Interpreter-embedded architecture

Testing automation via Expect

Modular Tcl packages

EDA automation pipelines

Hardware validation tools

Network test frameworks

Semiconductor process control UIs

Embedded scripting consoles

Everything is a string

Minimalistic commands

Ease of embedding

Extensibility first

Event-driven processing

Use event-driven code

Avoid tight loops

Use C extensions

Separate GUI from logic

Use namespaces for modularity

Move shell scripts to Tcl for GUIs

Replace legacy Tk with ttk

Modularize large scripts

Use Starkit packaging

Adopt Tcllib for utilities