Tcl ''is'' a "toy language" in that it's simple, children learn it, it's handy for very small programming, ... Tcl is far more than a toy language, though, for the people who ... [applications in Tcl and Tcl/Tk] [Companies that use Tcl] ... Anyone else think that Tcl might be taken more seriously were it not for the slightly childish "tickle" name? --[Andrew Cates] [MSW] I don't think the name is a problem at all: Consider JAVA, RUBY, PERL, PYTHON ...