Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Conversational Programming

Hi Ron

I was going to suggest tcl - but you beat me to it....

With tcl, it should be possible to interface to emc running under Linux - and
if it gets ported to windoze and Mac's, there won't be much call for Flashcut.

Just a thought....

Regards, Paul.

On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote:
> Looks like Ive stirred up some interest.

> 4) Development Environment. I just found vtcl. Its a gui development
> tool that works just like VB, but does tcl. tcl runs on windows, unix
> even Macs. If we do this right the single tcl package can run on any of
> these, and use the flashcut drivers on windows and macs and use EMC on
> Linux. And we should be able to switch it to any other box of hardware
> (like Roland Ferstands controller, or Ahha or the PicServo), or even to
> drive INDEXER.LPT for those so inclined, by simply writing one driver
> module.