Brian Marick wrote:


> However, the world of testing scripts is not so settled. Those testers
> who script probably use Perl, but there are not so many of them, and I
> think they're not as set in their ways. It would be relatively easy to
> present Ruby as the obvious choice for testing scripting if we (1) had
> scripts/apps for people to use and customize and (2) had a hard core
> of notice-able testers using Ruby.

I'd say that Tcl has a long tradition of being a testing engine.
It has simple syntax, powerful support packages (Expect, Scotty)
easily--created GUI (with Tk), powerful metaprogramming facilities,
several OO systems for (OO fans).