2005-02-14
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QOTW:  "ActiveTcl's Debugger is GREAT!" -- David H. Bigelow

"Source code is Wissenschaft on the installment plan." --- Colin McCormack


POTW:  "sipc is a SIP user agent that can be used for Internet telephony
calls, multimedia conferences, instant messaging, web browsing sharing
and device control."  It's actually more, I'd say; it's not just a 
marketeering-oriented list of buzzwords, but a (largely) Tcl-based
collection of useful code for VoIP, X10 control, and more.
    http://www.cs.columbia.edu/IRT/sipc


    "8.5 should expose alpha transparency at the Tcl level", 
    affirms tclguy
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/64290a430a55a01e/

    Oratcl 4.3 diverges still more dramatically from the conventions
    of the Oracle world:  it's flexible, it makes use with different
    versions and platforms and add-ons relatively straightforward,
    it's compatible with third-party products, it's licensing is
    convenient, ...  Well, see, and judge, this great leap forward
    for yourself.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/677eb736c80230f0/

    Ramon Ribo, Bob Techentin, Victor Wagner, and Antti Jarvinen make
    important and even deep points about Tcl performance.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/ffb572e6b43705a4/

    Exactly what "help" does ActiveTcl provide?
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/2e52f755194ad2ea/

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his report from the Wiki(s):
  Ah there is nothing like a good race condition to sharpen your debugging
  skills: read about it on <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13550>. But for all those
  who'd rather use the Wiki, read on to the next categories!
  
  New games
  - Two games, well, at least two new to the Wikis, appeared:
    "Vertigo" <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13492> and "TurnOut" <http://wfr.tcl.tk/916>
    (do not let the French text frighten you)
    Besides showing how little code it requires, it is always amazing what
    the canvas lets you do.
  
  - Not exactly a game perhaps, but it comes close: SphereDemo is
    a nice little display - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/7456>
  
  Help wanted
  - Anyone fancy filling this page? If you are familiar with Oratcl,
    this may be your chance - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12147>
  
  - HTTP proxies are easy to support - or are they? Your Wiki chronicler
    admits not to understand the issues, so: can anyone help out 
    on the question at the end of <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2879> ?
  
  Eternally ours
  - Will the battle of the batteries ever be concluded? This is 
    the page that has all the questions, but not all the answers:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2352>
  
  Just a thought 
  - Forgive your Wiki chronicler his interests in mathematics and
    the like. He just had to try this: applying the NAP package 
    for dealing with multidimensional arrays to the problem of 
    solving partial differential equations. Right, for those
    still reading: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12603>
  
  
  


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

    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

    deli.cio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
    It already aggregates quite a bit of Tcl intelligence.
        http://del.icio.us/tag/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

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

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