QOTW:  "There's no compelling reason to use XML DTDs anymore; there are
a *lot* of compelling reasons to not use W3C XML Schemas. Relax NG is
almost always the right choice of schema language" -- Joe English

"The big secret to tuning AOLserver is that there isn't much to tune.
There's minimal gain to be made by increasing the transmission buffer
sizes in nssock, and you can play with the MaxThreads, increasing it until
contention begins to dominate your timing.  Most people I've encountered
trying to tune AOLserver are saddled with slow applications which really
don't respond to tuning." -- Peter M. Jansson


POTW:  Tcl helps Terry Hampton's STORMS win the Association for Financial
Professionals 2005 Grand Prize Pinnacle Award.
    http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=MDA&STORY=/www/story/09-21-2005/0004112488&EDATE=Sep+21,+2005    
    http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:WB&Feed=PR&Date=20050921&ID=5131428 


    Is cgi.tcl fit for more-than-a-toy applications?  You better
    believe it is; Robert Heller provides the evidence.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/ec10ddd8afdce9a9/

    Epicycloids and wavelet decompositions and lissajous visualizations,
    oh my!
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/c5b0a2639c3b21d5/

    Many models of Starpack development still differ at the level
    of exact placement of source within a VFS.  Here's one that 
    works.
         http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/ac3f3af33969c6ac/


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his so-accurate summary of Wiki activity:
  If there is some focal point on last week's Wiki,
  then I'd say: graphics. But you might say databases
  or object-oriented programming too. Anyway: here is the 
  completely subjective summary from your chronicler.
  
  Characters
  - Characters with those little thingies on top or
    through or below? You want them? Try:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10352>. 
  
  - Oh, you don't want them? Try <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14833>, 
    but it could be more general.
  
  - Chemical arithmetics is an older page revived with
    new information - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13359>
  
  - Go beyond mere characters with this grammar-
    conforming random sentences machine -
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14804>
  
  Graphics
  - Attract any one's attention with this 
    jittering window, but be gentle and stop it
    after a while - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14457>
  
  - Repeat and repeat on ever smaller scales:
    The secret behind "recursive curves" -
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10745>
  
  - Simplicity can be a virtue - a simple
    animation of a simple object -
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10820>
  
  - Selecting a file with more information?
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14805> may let you
    choose wiser.
  
  Sundry
  - Calling routines from the NAG numerical 
    library? A piece of critcl cake -
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14779>
  
  - A virtual filesystem with a not-so-virtual
    database behind it - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14799>
  
  - Make better use of Oracle and learn from these
    examples - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12147>
  

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
    comp.lang.tcl is a crucial resource for Tcl practitioners.
    An interesting perspective on its traffic appears at
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/about

    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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