The ability to re-use existing code while migrating to a new test software framework can save developers both time and money. This article examines the basics of three of the commonly used scripting languages — Perl, Python and Tcl.
This is Part 1 of a three-part series on calling scripting languages from TestStand with a focus on the needs of engineers and scientists. In this first part we will discuss the basic syntax of Perl, Python and Tcl and illustrate how to write simple scripts in these languages. Scripting languages are programming languages that are typically written using high-level programming constructs, which makes them easy to learn. While there is no fixed definition of what constitutes a scripting language, some of the common distinguishing traits of these languages include:.
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It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Not since Tcl is a pure interpreter; Perl uses a bytecode engine. Tcl has been bytecoded since Perl comes with a full debugger, closely integrated with the language. The best Tcl debuggers have always been add-ons. The core developers have typically not been interested in adding this functionality, partly because we don't miss it much ourselves there are so many other ways of introspecting a Tcl program's behaviour , and partly so as not to bite the hand that feeds us sales of TclPro from Scriptics and TDK from ActiveState have funded considerable Tcl development.
This could be seen as a valid complaint. Perl has namespaces that can export their symbols. So does Tcl. Since Perl allows dynamic loading of object modules. Perl has anonymous subroutines.
Tcl lacks them. I've wanted anonymous lambdas for some time; there are a lot of details that have to be hashed out. The presence of apply in 8. Perl has a list that is numerically indexed, and Perl also has hashes. Ditto Tcl, since Perl has an extension mechanism a C preprocessor that turns prototype-like definitions into interface code that is more convenient than the binary API of Tcl.
This is somewhat a matter of opinion. I happen to prefer TEA to Perl's mechanisms; then again, Tcl's interfacing has improved enormously in the last decade. Perl has references which allows arbitrarily complex data structures including structures that are self-referential. Indeed it does.
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