Stremik Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I was thinking. If I install Tcl/Tk 8.4.6.1 will it work with Houdini's Tcl/Tk interpreter? In $HH/scripts I only see folders with names mentioning version 8.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Marengo Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Hi Stremik, You can safely install whatever version you like. Ultimately, it is the version that ships with Houdini that will be interpreting your scripts within houdini or hscript. So long as you don't use features that are only available in the newer version, houdini should have no trouble interpreting your scripts correctly. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stremik Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 I thought so. Only after asking the question In any case, Thanks for your answer Mario! On the sidenote, I'm curious how much usefull is having be able to use Tcl/Tk with Houdini? I mean, how many people take advantage of it? Do you use it? Does anybody on this board use it? There only a fiew examples in od[force]'s codex section which makes me think that there is not that big of a demand for Tcl/Tk in Houdini community. Am I wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Marengo Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Oh; without a doubt it is useful. But with the advent of OTL/HDAs, I find the need to get into TCL/TK has been reduced significantly (dare I say extinguished? ). It is still useful in cases where you want to drive some external component from within Houdini, for example. I used to do *lots* of TCL stuff, but lately I haven't had any need for it. So.... your milage may vary. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Despite my fondness for Tcl/Tk, it's probably better to just do java with Houdini these days just because you'll likely find more employers looking for "java" on resumes rather than "tcl/tk". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 damn you ed.....using the nasty 'J' word.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfwood Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Despite my fondness for Tcl/Tk, it's probably better to just do java with Houdini these days just because you'll likely find more employers looking for "java" on resumes rather than "tcl/tk". Who are you? Where is the real Ed? If I was an employer and I saw Java on someone's resume I would hire them in a heartbeat.... ....so I could fire them 10 seconds later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfwood Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Honestly though... If you need a quick little tool UI thing then tcl/tk is the way to go... If you need some heavy tool that has to manage a lot of back end, is being worked on by a lot of people and stuff then Java is the way to go. tcl/tk can give you a functional gui pretty quick and doesn't require a lot of coding. However it scales like ass. If you get hit by a bus and someone else has to pick up where you left off its easier just to start over. Where as java if you have people who know how to plan and chart out a good design then you can have lots of people working on it. (but all those people will be bitching ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Marengo Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Hahaha... Aaaaaaah.... Yup; I agree 100%.... I remember my own bitching all too well I just got to see the beginings of JFC/Swing (I was using AWT back then), but *man* I just hated it. Maybe it's all gotten beeeeautiful now (haven't touched it in a few years)... And if you don't need any fancy services, I'd prefer to just jump straight to C++ (plus Boost) and, say, FLTK or some other cross-platform combo... I dunno; just never got around to liking Java.... guess Edward wouldn't hire me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stremik Posted June 11, 2004 Author Share Posted June 11, 2004 Java?!C++?! Holy Cow! This sounds like a brainbuster to me. For now I will stick with "not needing any heavy tools". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 What if they just made Tk for Java? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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