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QOTW:  "instproc makes me think that all you have to do is add water
to watch it sprout to life." -- David N. Welton 
    http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/d09cb918fe4dd3bc/

"PowerPoint is a distraction.  People use it when they don't know what to
say." -- Cristian Arcega, one of the undocumented West Phoenix teenagers
whose Stinky underwater robot beat MIT et al. in the third annual Marine
Advanced Technology Education Center's Remotely Operated Vehicle Competition   
    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/robot.html?pg=4&topic=robot&topic_set=


POTW:  "TclMixer ... allows ... play [of] multiple sounds at the same time
using built-in software ..."
    http://wiki.tcl.tk/tclmixer


    Miguel Sofer expands on {expand}'s ability to save brainwaves.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/45db9671fffa8331
    For the particular case of [listbox]es, Gerald Lester remembers 
    that -listvariable can be even a better fit.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/068df23863d9b00c

    Would a Tcl-aware Eclipse matter?  Maybe yes, maybe no; in any case,
    there's more than one way for Tcl and Eclipse to get along, and there's
    more than one way to have an IDE and/or syntax-(partially-)aware
    editing for Tcl source.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/62674bdc4389aaeb/

    What does "copy protection" involve?  Much wisdom appears in this thread.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/542f0bc1180e32ec/

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his report from the Wiki(s):
  The Wiki is a great place for watching some of the trends in the 
  Tcl community - this week we have a lot of attention for the "functional
  programming" style :)
  
  Functional programming:
  - Composing functions revisited: Richard Suchenwirth minimises the
    way to do that in Tcl - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2755>
  
  - You remember your first steps in multiplication? 1 x 1 = 1, ...
    Too simple? No, watch the master of minimalism at 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13919>
    
  - To Apply a function to each item in a list and thereby to 
    get a new one - tis a consommation functionally to be wished 
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13920>
  
  - Beyond the confines of functional programming lies the world
    where a program writes a program ... and that is 
    called genetic programming - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13928>
  
  Just plain old problems and their solutions:
  - Encodings cause a problem at the C level ... or on the Tcl
    level - anyway: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13917> if you want to 
    solve this puzzle.
  
  - Pastel colours can be picked via the HLS model for defining
    colours ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10330>
  
  - Do you have problems with floating-point numbers that are too
    big or too small, but you do not care about precision beyond
    the 12 digits offered by Tcl? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12923>
    is the answer!
  
  Carpe diem:
  - Let us never ever forget: To Have Fun With Tcl - 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13723>

  - A good tutorial makes an immense difference to beginners.
    Tcl's are slowly improving.
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/TkTutorials>
    

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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