The startup I joined in 1999 had its own application server loosely based on AOLServer architecture.
We had Apache + mod_tcl, IIS with our own ISAPI extension, then in box connections for all major RDMS across all key UNIXes and Windows NT/2000.
Some left to join companies doing Vignette projects, others eventually created OutSystems redoing the same ideas, but with the newly released .NET.
However it was also a lesson in performance issues, and the constant pressure to rewrite Tcl code into C extensions.
Good to see it's getting some modern support.
https://newsgrouper.org/%3C119gpah$3eu5q$1@dont-email.me%3E (Tcl) and
https://newsgrouper.org/%3C119gpbh$3eu5q$2@dont-email.me%3E (Tk).
See: https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/GSoC+Idea%3A+Tk+Backend+for+t...
If you understand how generative models and agentic coding works, it's not a surprise. But for some reason it's still mind boggling to think that you can take very old stuff and build impressive programs.
superkuh•58m ago