QOTW:  "Symptom reduction is that process that leads to a new regression
test." - Donal K. Fellows

"The wise man will on no account have anything remiss in his
definitions." - Confucious (Kung Fu-Tzu), *Analects*, xiii:3


POTW:  Among the thousands of developments Tclblend makes practical
are these examples of Cloudscape management.
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/3cab7fddcbb888ad


    Michael Schlenker, Uwe Klein, and Joe English  correctly operationalize
    probability distributions in exemplary concrete algorithms.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/bdfb44464fe80b5c/

    Bryan Oakley explains {expand} and list-string distinctions for
    listboxes.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/a3d72b5ea0b3d53e

    Bignum base64 encoding, Legendre-Jacobi symbols, Montgomery 
    reduction, primality, and more--soon Tclers will have all this
    and more.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/c15fcadaab58ab78

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his so-accurate summary of Wiki activity:
  In these dark/bright (*) days before the end of the year (*=scratch
  the adjective that is not appropriate in your hemisphere ...), the
  Wiki is a source of enlightment and joy. Well, it almost always is.
  
  Idiomatic itineraries
  - In most cases it is good practice to brace your expressions ...
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10255>
  
  - In some cases you can improve on Tcl's base commands ...
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15093> - especially if you drop the
    word in the chatroom ...
  
  - In a variety of cases, the idioms of the wonderful Erlang
    language can be translated to Tcl ... or can all of them
    be emulated? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8966>
  
  - In selected cases the interface to the Tcltest package
    can be improved. Or perhaps better: mollified into 
    something digestible by "rubber ducks"
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15076>
  
  Dabbling with data
  - netstrings is an incredible and incredibly simple
    protocol ... It is a small wonder someone bothered to 
    come up with a Tcl solution - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15074>
  
  - MS Access databases can be accessed by the Tclodbc 
    extension ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15096> shows a 
    straightforward example.
  
  - Databases are only fun if you can ask the right 
    question - or formulate the question the right way 
    ... here is some help: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15070>
  
  - Tcl has always been good at X, but Richard Suchenwirth
    applies his talent to a demonstration of how simple X
    can be.  This week, X is "testing".
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15099>
   
  A few words in French ...
  - The French Wiki holds an interesting page on
    articles regarding Tcl that are written
    in French and German - <http://wfr.tcl.tk/479>
  
  - Just a little joke: wiggling windows -
    <http://wfr.tcl.tk/1031>
  
  
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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