QOTW:  "As long as Tcl is number one in ease of use among general-purpose
programming languages, it will have a clear future, no matter how many
faddists ignore it or disdain it." - David McClamrock

"Tcl (especially in the starkit framework) really is a magic bullet for
the sort of thing we do." - Steve Blinkhorn


POTW:  "The Simputer is a low-cost portable alternative to PCs ...
[whose SDK] relies heavily on Tcl/Tk ..."
    http://wiki.tcl.tk/13730


    Ashok and others explain such Windows special events as 
    "fast switch" and the Windows service stop.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/index/browse_frm/thread/3c5f6238fcecea46/

    Melissa Schrumpf thoughtfully outlines the range of roles
    practical for Tcl and other languages in a lucid outline.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/75f9e54ccc29c2fe

    David McClamrock details a recipe for two toplevels which
    (de-)activate each other.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/e03511042a4884f8/

    [clock seconds] returns the *universal* time-since-epoch.
    It's not relative to any timezone.  It's UTC.  It involves
    no adjustment for locale.  Interplanetary workers for whom
    this presents Einsteinian issues are welcome to launch a TIP.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/ca87bd7e8e6c8e34

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his so-accurate summary of Wiki activity:
  A fresh start of the new year: let us learn something
  from the previous one.
  
  Two applications
  - Reading MIME-encoded attachments by an unknown
    author - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15221>
  
  - Geographical maps - they keep fascinating us
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8771>
  
  Select your techniques
  - Suppose you want to let two Tcl programs
    communicate on different machines ... How to 
    do it? A long list at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1077>
  
  - You say "threads", I say "events" - a never-
    ending discussion - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1904>
  
  - Artificial intelligence, intelligent agents,
    neural networks - you name it ... 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15206> is but one 
    example.
  
  - With large scripts the existing mechanisms 
    of namespaces and packages may become cumbersome
    still. Are local namespaces or transparent 
    packages a solution perhaps?
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15217>
  
  Beyond basic algorithms
  - Puzzles always seem to fascinate programmers.
    How about this one? Sorting list of 5 elements
    as fast as you can. <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4118>
  
  - Pseudo-random number generators are not called
    "pseudo-random" for nothing. They differ in
    randomness - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1551>
  
  - Here is another subject that raises heated 
    debates: splines. <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8536>
    is just the beginning.
  
  
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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