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QOTW:  "[O]ur strategy is, minimal core, maximal extensions all shipped with
the core."  Salvatore Sanfilippo

"I like it when minimal software does big things." -- Richard Suchenwirth


POTW:  among the nuggets in tclapps are Frogger, Hexplode, TkVNC, 
IJbridge, and Asteroids.
    http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/tcllib/tclapps/ChangeLog?rev=1.9&view=auto


    Tcl's launch time can depend--sometimes dramatically--on
    such surprises as the "fullness" of /usr/lib.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/5409090cbe6f390b/

    Tklib is ripe for improvement (keyboard widget, canvas-based tree,
    ...).  Volunteers?
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/88cdab1ef4410745/

    Tcllib is a wonderful asset.  Steve Landers gives crucial
    advice for its use with large files.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/5ba40c64c69c7f7/

    Just because Tcl doesn't have a last-evaluation-accumulator,
    or proc-pipe, or ..., doesn't mean you can't take seven lines
    and write your own.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/33d46a0cc22222f8/

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his report from the Wiki(s):
  A no-nonsense week on the Wiki begs for a summary ...
  
  Serious stuff on small computers:
  - This piece of equipment looks nice: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13730>
  
  - This piece of Tcl masquerading as another language is definitely 
    nice: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13742>
  
  Serious packages and stuff:
  - Jim is an alternative implementation of ((a big) part of) Tcl -
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12693>
  
  - This page on an "MQL" package has little to do with Tcl, but
    who knows, once the confusion has been solved ... 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13681>
  
  - Speak, computer: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/6252> for those who
    want to be able to manipulate speech.
  
  Light-hearted stuff:
  - Games with cards allow endless variations. Here is another
    one - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13582>
  
  - A book nearing completion ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13370>:
    meant for those who have little experience with programming
  
  - Not all human languages work their way from left to right.
    Here is a solution for the entry widget - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1126>
    - to go from right to left. If only all widgets would do
    that out of the box ...


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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