in reply to Re: perl/Tk and expandable widgets
in thread perl/Tk and expandable widgets

tktable for Tcl/Tk http://tktable.sourceforge.net/ is optimized for good performance.

So if you'll move to Tcl::Tk then you will gain performance.

Compared to perl/Tk, Tcl::Tk is better WRT performance in many ways, see for example Comparing Tcl::Tk and perlTk WRT speed

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Re^3: perl/Tk and expandable widgets
by rcseege (Pilgrim) on Nov 04, 2005 at 03:33 UTC

    tkTable = Tk::TableMatrix in Perl/Tk. It was renamed since there was already a Tk::Table present.

    TableMatrix does offer a decent boost in performance over other options in Tk. Is Tcl::Tk a bit faster? Sure, however for typical applications I would argue that the performance difference is not noticable -- at least, IMO. Most of the time, GUIs aren't really doing all that much. It's the application logic triggered by the GUI where you tend to get into trouble.

      Faster startup time is good but isn't really important; what *is* important in Tcl::Tk (as opposed to perl/Tk) is ability to use tcl widgets without any preparation or adaptation.
      Also, see longer list at http://vkonovalov.ru/cgi-bin/perl-tcltk-wiki.cgi/19

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