Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter AlternativesProgramming Languages and other similar apps like Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter

Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter is described as 'Jim is an opensource small-footprint implementation of the Tcl programming language. It implements a large subset of Tcl and adds new features like references with garbage collection, closures, built-in Object Oriented Programming system, Functional Programming commands' and is a programming language in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter alternative is JavaScript, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter are Lua, Tcl, Wren and Bosque.

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  1. JavaScript icon

    JavaScript

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    JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but also used in many non-browser environments.

    60 JavaScript alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    JavaScript isn't a singular implementation. An actual alternative would be some JS engine (like V8, DukTape, JavaScriptCore).

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    • JavaScript is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter.

    • JavaScript is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter.

    • JavaScript is Free and Open SourceJim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter is also Free and Open Source
    • JavaScript is LightweightJim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter is not according to our users
  2. Lua icon

    Lua

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    Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.

    Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based.

    84 Lua alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android Wear
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    • Lua is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter.

    • Lua is Free and Open SourceJim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter is also Free and Open Source
    • Lua is LightweightJim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter is not according to our users
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    Tcl

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    Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic programming language, suitable for a very wide range of uses.

    77 Tcl alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  5. Wren icon

    Wren

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    Wren is a small, fast, class-based concurrent scripting language. Think Smalltalk in a Lua sized package with a dash of Erlang and wrapped up in a familiar, modern syntax.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  6. Bosque icon

    Bosque

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    The Bosque programming language is an experiment in regularized design for a machine assisted rapid and reliable software development lifecycle.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Squirrel (programming language)

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    Squirrel is a high level imperative, object-oriented programming language, designed to be a light-weight scripting language that fits in the size, memory bandwidth, and real-time requirements of applications like video games.

    58 Squirrel (programming language) alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Luau

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    Luau (lowercase u, /'lu.a?/) is a fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  10. Solid

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    Solid - A minimalist interpreted language, with a clean object model and a tiny VM.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  11. Wyvern

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    Wyvern is a new programming language designed to help developers be highly productive when writing high-assurance applications. The first major innovation in Wyvern is type-specific languages, a feature that allows programmers to create literals of a given type (e.g.

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    • Free
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    Chibi Scheme

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    Chibi-Scheme is a very small library with no external dependencies intended for use as an extension and scripting language in C programs. In addition to support for lightweight VM-based threads, each VM itself runs in an isolated heap allowing multiple VMs to run simultaneously...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Cygwin
     
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    AngelScript

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    The AngelCode Scripting Library, or AngelScript as it is also known, is an extremely flexible cross-platform scripting library designed to allow applications to extend their functionality through external scripts.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  14. ChaiScript

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    ChaiScript is an easy to use embedded scripting language for C++.

    Cost / License

    • Free
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