> Is there a minimal amount of magic? No; the amount of magic you can do is effectively unlimited.
I might be mistaken, but I think the OP was asking if there is surprising magic (I.e. special cases/considerations) built into the language, in which case I’d say, “No, Tcl is not “magical”, but surprisingly simple and regular.” That said, indeed it’s powerful in its application of its primitives, but you do still need to mind some things (don’t pretend* you can quote better than the quoting engine, don’t pretend* you can do lists better than the list processor, …). Not magical though - very understandable.
*rules are meant to be broken, blah, blah, but the “gotchas” are new practitioners falling into this, or advanced cases, falling into this…
I might be mistaken, but I think the OP was asking if there is surprising magic (I.e. special cases/considerations) built into the language, in which case I’d say, “No, Tcl is not “magical”, but surprisingly simple and regular.” That said, indeed it’s powerful in its application of its primitives, but you do still need to mind some things (don’t pretend* you can quote better than the quoting engine, don’t pretend* you can do lists better than the list processor, …). Not magical though - very understandable.
*rules are meant to be broken, blah, blah, but the “gotchas” are new practitioners falling into this, or advanced cases, falling into this…