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QOTW:  "The main thing about the TCT/maintainers is that we try to ensure
that engineering quality is maintained." -- Donal K. Fellows

antirez: "the Tcl core is very cool to modify, I feel at home without the
  usual 'ohh.. source code from other people' paranoia"
max: "antirez: that's a common experience of people looking into the Tcl
  core for the first time."
dkf: "There is a definite 'core style' which is verbose and clear. I do
  my best to enforce it strictly." -- Chatroom conversation


POTW:  aMSN is a nicely polished clone of "MSN Messenger" in functionality,
but one which far exceeds the original in portability and flexibility.
    http://amsn.sourceforge.net/


     Does Tk support a 'native look and feel'? Yes it does! With the
     latest Tile in place, Tk-based applications look exactly like
     "native apps".
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=858d72ca5da6d720

     Metakit provides a simple, fast and robust way to store
     application data in a platform independant way. Viewing data
     inside a metakit file is simple too.
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=256a7f397d53f452

     The capability for sending and receiving signals, like Control-C,
     is not in the 'core', but available in several easy to use
     extensions, should you need them.
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=64be88ea85f20ec

     Need to call a 'C' function from a Tcl script? There are several
     ways, depending on your definition of a C function.
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=182e072aa6805477

     Need to know your test coverage? Which code paths were executed by
     your test suite?
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=e01942e828341fea

     If you need to convert IEEE floating point numbers to a string,
     but your cpu cannot do it, Tcl can do it for you.
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=7bb7aee01ba7fc81

     Considering MacOSX? Tcl is available of course and Tk looks just
     as good as a native Aqua application.
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=97c9064ca237a767

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his report from the Wiki:
  Sometimes the various Tcl communication media that your Wiki chronicler 
  uses magically converge: one and the same subject pops up as, say, a
  Wiki page, a TIP and a topic in the chatroom. The [range] command is such
  a subject. Just see <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10797> for the Wiki part...
  
  Questions and answers
  - Do you know the page "Ask and it shall be given?" Well, it is really
    lengthy. But now it has been split up, so that the answers are 
    easier to find: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12754>
  
  - Curious about Tcl/Tk 8.5? here is the roadmap - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12753> -
    for the curious and the volunteers
  
  - Having trouble building a starpack? It ought not be too difficult:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10558>
  
  - Here you can find the answer to a frequent medical question:
    when to expect the baby? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12708>
  
  Faits divers
  - Constructing mathematical formulas: an emerging application of Bwise
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12737>
  
  - Tired of those complicated commands to configure your IP tables?
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12735> wraps them up for you, but no warranty,
    mind you!
  
  - So, here you are, with an electronic stream of interesting sounds, 
    and how do you make acoustic waves from that? Apart from the 
    required hardware, here is a simple script to take care of the
    software: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12619>
  

Everything Tcl-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in these
pages:
    The "Welcome to comp.lang.tcl" message by Andreas Kupries
        http://www.purl.org/net/tcl-welcome

    The Tcl Developer Site is Tcl's "home base".
	http://www.tcl.tk

    The Eleventh Mostly-Annual Tcl Conference will be this October.
	http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2004/

    Larry Virden maintains a comp.lang.tcl FAQ launcher
        http://www.purl.org/NET/Tcl-FAQ/

    The Tcl Developer Xchange is a highly organized resource center
    of documents and software with provisions for individuals to
    maintain references to their own software:
        http://www.tcl.tk/resource/
    The TDX sponsor, ActiveState, also keeps info to convince your
    boss Tcl is a good thing
        http://www.tcl.tk/scripting/

    The Tcl'ers Wiki is a huge, dynamic, collaboratively edited repository
    of documentation, examples, tutorials and pontifications on all things 
    Tcl.
        http://wiki.tcl.tk/0
    For the ideal overview of the topics about Tcl most likely to
    interest a newcomer, see "Arts and Crafts ..."
        http://wiki.tcl.tk/969

    ActiveState maintains binaries distribution and development tools
        http://www.activestate.com/Tcl
    along with a Cookbook of Tcl recipes
        http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Tcl

    Cameron Laird tracks several Tcl/Tk references of interest
        http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/

    Cetus Links maintains a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html

    Google Groups archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/

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