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== Description ==

[[PythonSummary|Python]], Perl, Scheme or Java. Tcl was originally designed as a simple, embeddable command language.

Tk is a graphical user interface toolkit that makes it possible to create powerful GUIs quickly. It has proved so popular that it now ships with all distributions of Tcl.

== Role In NAMIC ==

Tcl/Tk is typically used as an interface to toolkits implemented in C++ (e.g., [[ITKSummary|ITK]]). The [[CableSwigSummary|CableSwig]] program (or equivalent) is used to automatically generate Tcl bindings for these toolkits.

== Documentation, Tutorials and Examples ==

[http://www.tcl.tk/scripting Books and tutorials] are described online.

== License ==

The primary copyright holder is the Regents of the University of California. An open-source, BSD-style copyright is employed.