| Itcl | |
| Paradigm: | multi-paradigm object-oriented, functional, Imperative, event-driven programming |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Designer: | Michael McLennan |
| Developer: | Michael McLennan |
| Latest Release Version: | Itcl4.1.1 |
| Typing: | dynamic typing, everything can be treated as a string |
| Influenced By: | Tcl, C++ |
| Website: | itcl at SourceForge |
| License: | BSD-style |
incr Tcl (commonly stylised as [incr Tcl], and often abbreviated to itcl) is a set of object-oriented extensions for the Tcl programming language. It is widely used among the Tcl community, and is generally regarded as industrial strength . Its name is a pun on "C++". Itcl implementations exist as both a package that may be dynamically loaded by a Tcl application, as well as an independent standalone language with its own interpreter.
Itcl allows namespaces to be used for organizing commands and variables.
Example:
Itcl (like Tcl) has built-in support for the integration of C code into Itcl classes.
incr Tcl from the Ground Up by Chad Smith, published in January 2000.
This is a complete reference manual for incr Tcl, covering language fundamentals, OO design issues, overloading, code reuse, multiple inheritance, abstract base classes, and performance issues. Despite its breadth, it follows a tutorial, rather than encyclopedic, approach. This book is out of print as of September 2004.