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Extension to the Tcl scripting language
Expect is an extension to the Tcl scripting language written by Don Libes. The program automates interactions with programs that expose a text terminal interface. Expect, originally written in 1990 for the Unix platform, has since become available for Microsoft Windows and other systems. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ExpectA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: What to expect where and when: how statistical learning drives visual selectionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: GritThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: What Reviewers Should Expect from Authors Regarding Common Method Bias in Organizational ResearchCited 2,088 times
- Go sideways: File Transfer ProtocolA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Exec (system call)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb To predict or believe that something will happen
Verb To consider obligatory or required.
Verb To consider reasonably due.
Verb To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
What Reviewers Should Expect from Authors Regarding Common Method Bias in Organizational Research
Water desalination via capacitive deionization: what is it and what can we expect from it?
Do Consumers Expect Companies to be Socially Responsible? The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Buying Behavior
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells in the tumor microenvironment: expect the unexpected
Yes, but what’s the mechanism? (don’t expect an easy answer).
New insights on the antiviral effects of chloroquine against coronavirus: what to expect for COVID-19?
Nanofluidics: what is it and what can we expect from it?
Expect the Unexpected: Event-related Brain Response to Morphosyntactic Violations
🆕 Influential since 2022
What to expect where and when: how statistical learning drives visual selection
No reason to expect large and consistent effects of nudge interventions
Visual SLAM: What Are the Current Trends and What to Expect?
Equity within AI systems: What can health leaders expect?
A review on plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings for organic pollutant degradation: How to prepare them and what to expect of them?
📚 Books worth reading
GritAngela Duckworth · 2016
Catherine, Called BirdyKaren Cushman · 1994
Essais optimistesElie Metchnikoff · 1907
The little old lady who broke all the rulesC. Ingelman-Sundberg, Rod Bradbury · 2014
Perfect MadnessJudith Warner · 2005- 📕Get your hopes up!Joyce Meyer · 1831
Sweet AnticipationDavid Huron · 2006- 📕Trends in U.S. life expectancyUnited States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Savings, Pensions, and Investment Policy. · 1983
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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