QOTW:  "It was easier to re-train the VB guys to write Tcl than to port
the app to VB." - slebetman

"... do almost nothing, and still get the job done." - Richard Suchenwirth
on Tcl in various aspects


POTW:  "PgBrowse ver 1.3 is a generic Postgresql database browser that works on
Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms that is written in Tcl/Tk."
    http://homepage.mac.com/levanj/TclTk


    Bryan Oakley illustrates the ability to provide "what i exactly
    want" even in a thread on menu items and tooltips where he doesn't
    "understand the problem" nor even the widgets involved.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/c907e2bfbb9df350/

    Fredderic's startling variation on common uses of "hash buckets"
    or unique sorting to provide information on duplications in a bag
    draws attention away from O(N), O(NlogN) comparisons.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/a54df4d99b3763b0/

    Yes, it is possible "to access the return value of a[n] Oracle
    stored function".
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/893d47602b37851/

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his so-accurate summary of Wiki activity:
  It seems to have been a wonderfully productive week,
  last week on the Wiki. We reached page 15000 at the
  end of November and the pace of new pages is keeping
  up - do have a look at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15000> 
  by the way if you want to get started with BLT ...
  
  Using the canvas
  - Turtle graphics on the French Wiki is reaching
    a state of educational usefulness ...
    <http://wfr.tcl.tk/766>
  
  - Your humble chronicler had fun designing this
    little tool for displaying (and printing) tables
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15049>
  
  - But this is the master piece: a 3D viewer in 
    just a few pages of code ... 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15032>
  
  Textual displays of all sorts
  - An example of formatting the information of 
    some command in XML files - an old page
    revived: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1744>
  
  - Reading and writing need not to be done
    from left to right or from right to left.
    It is much more efficient to go zig-zag.
    The starting point is: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15059>
  
  - A list of files in a different style ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15056>
  
  Potpourri
  - Reusing existing code is the central theme
    of OO programming, right? Whatever the practical
    value of that claim, XOSql reuses whatever 
    was available: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10818>
  
  - Juggling network disks under Windows:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15058>
  

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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