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Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter vs jRuby

A side-by-side look at Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter and jRuby. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter

Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter

Development

Jim Tcl is a small yet powerful open source Tcl interpreter designed to be easily embeddable and extensible. It implements most Tcl commands and has a compact C API for extension modules.

tclinterpreterembeddableextensibleopen-source
jRuby

jRuby

Development

jRuby is an implementation of the Ruby programming language that runs on the Java virtual machine (JVM). It allows developers to use Ruby syntax and libraries while leveraging the performance, scalability, and enterprise features of Java.

rubyjvmdynamicobjectoriented