Comment by graemep
8 days ago
That sounds more like someone who over-uses regexes - the developer is the problem, not the language
TCL has a lot of options for manipulating strings - take a look at just the built in string command for a start: https://www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl8.4/TclCmd/string.htm
I have seen terrible code in Python, C, and more.
The objections to tcl I see most often seem to reflect an outdated or incomplete understanding of the language and its capabilities.
As with many interpreted languages, maybe it's just too easy to iterate interactively with code until it "just works", rather than taking the time to design the code before writing it, leading to perception that it is a "write-only" language.
However, despite its reputation, even Perl can be written in a way that is human-readable. I agree with you that it is more a reflection of the programmer or the work environment than of the language itself.