Linux in the TDSB

[Peter Hiscocks]

Anton Markov wrote:

> Also, they teach some VB to introduce event-driven GUI programming,
> which may be a little hard to beat (the people who take those classes
> are the last people you expect to touch a computer; they know NOTHING).
> Disecting the Linux Kernel is way above the curriculum.

The Tcl/Tk language is an open-source alternative for event-driven
programming that runs under Linux, Unix, Windows and Mac. There's a lot of
support for the language and it has built-in access to the serial port for
control of hardware. I advise our students to use it instead of VB.

Peter

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