Re: [boost] Boost C++/tcl integration lib

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-01 13:10:37

Fanzhe Cui wrote:
> Hi,

Please, never start a new thread by replying to an unrelated message. 
You're likely not going to get a lot of answers, simply because your 
message is hidden in the "Upcoming review of Time Series" thread.

> On the boost document page it has entry of the library: 
> C++/Tcl - C++/Tcl is a library that allows the easy integration of C++ and
> Tcl.

I you're talking about the wiki page that lists software that uses 
Boost. The software listed there is not supported by Boost.org. It's 
just software that happens to use Boost. So you're asking at the wrong 
place.

> If I follow the link of the library, it will direct me to:
> http://cpptcl.sourceforge.net/
> And I can download source code of the library. But one problem I found was
> that there is a header file "tcl.h", included as header by the source code,

Well, obviously a library that offers TCL/C++ integration needs C++ and 
TCL. You apparently don't have Tcl or just a runtime of Tcl.

> and it was missing. So I suppose this C++/Tcl library requires TCL pkg from
> third party, e.g. ActiveState. But the pkg from ActiveState is not free. I

What makes you think Tcl was not free? Googling for Tcl brings you to 
www.tcl.tk. That page contains a link named "Get Tcl/Tk now". Following 
that link, you get to a page containing links to downloads of various 
versions of Tcl, including instructions how to use the sources on 
various operating systems, including Windows. Look at 
http://www.tcl.tk/doc/howto/compile.html

At http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/license.html you can see the License 
for Tcl, which looks like BSD license to me. That means you don't have 
to pay for Tcl.

HTH,
m