USENIX Technical Program - Abstract - 7th Tcl/Tk Conference - February 2000 ## Using Tcl To Build A Buzzword* Compliant Environment That Glues Together Legacy Analysis Programs Carsten H. Lawrenz, Rajkumar C. Madhuram, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation ### Abstract The Siemens Integrated Design (SID) Environment is a system that allows engineers to link together many legacy computer programs. This capability provides significant reduction in effort for defining the conceptual design of electrical generators. The SID environment is a generic tool for running all types of analysis programs (methods) as well as managing their associated data. Methods are plugged into the environment in a simplified fashion by using a well-defined interface. Any features that are added to the environment immediately benefit all methods. Data can be shared between remote sites through an in-house developed, java based, replication server. This paper discusses how Tcl was used to develop the SID Environment and why it was the best choice for our application. USENIX Members may view the full text of this paper in HTML form, PDF form, and PostScript form. (Use your membership number as the username for access.) If you need the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it from Adobe's site. To become a USENIX Member, please see our Membership Information. Current USENIX Members may change their password.

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