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+# Example to embed TCL in Nimrod
+
+import tcl, os
+
+const
+  myScript = """puts "Hello, World - In quotes" """
+  myScript2 = """
+package require Tk
+pack [entry .e -textvar e -width 50]
+bind .e <Return> {
+  set e  [regsub { *=.*} $e ""] ;# remove evaluation (Chris)
+  catch {expr [string map {/ *1./} $e]} res
+  append e " = $res"
+}  
+"""
+
+Tcl_FindExecutable(getApplicationFilename())
+var interp = Tcl_CreateInterp()
+if interp == nil: quit("cannot create TCL interpreter")
+if Tcl_Init(interp) != TCL_OK: 
+  quit("cannot init interpreter")
+if Tcl_Eval(interp, myScript) != TCL_OK: 
+  quit("cannot execute script.tcl")
+
+