QOTW: "Oh, yeah, & I tend to view all the object-class-method-template
blither as obfuscation...:-)" - Robert Geer on c.l.t.
"It's just a shame that so many programmers see OO as their only
hammer." - Donal K. Fellows, in answer
POTW: A tcl repository-- because it is still not here. More news next week.
A Tcl Lexer for the SciTE Editor was announced, viewed and
immediately "feature-requested" leading to changes announced
a short time later:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/afb4e564963cc11d
Is garbage collection here yet? Asks John Wiersba leading to a winding
discussion on merits, necessity, and methods. After the discussion gained
some steam we return in a circle: What is garbage collection?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/cc15e2a1ffc5a6fe
Burn baby burn or: "TCL vs. Perl" in a tclish way.
candles are lighted and a discussion started:
Lisa Pearlson entertains c.l.t with her conversion to tcl-user
and her perception of the communities leading to perceived ( and real)
need for a central or not repository for tcl-packages.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/e4498daf2f35005
TCLSOAP & XML namespaces: how do i change the default namespace
TCLSOAP creates?, and other hints for using TCLSOAP:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/4380b46faa7546a5/
A "Memory leak in my Tk app" call for help generates a host of
comments of varying usefullness ending i a tip to change the implements
of interrogation:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/e59c50870e039a78
Threads in TCL? ever a popular question. no, tcl8.0 will not work for you.
And with a little help from a friend you might not even have use for
threads. The "you don't need no threads" caveat has nearly made its way
to the front row:
C. I have an even greater concern that "I
want to implement threads" might actually
be "code" for, "I am on a project with
concurrency requirements, and don't realize
that threading is only one of several con-
currency mechanisms Tcl offers, and likely
not the one best for my situation."
Cameron Laird on c.l.t
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/9be49fef40d42d2c
How do i get Jeff Hobbs' BalloonHelp to display for menus?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/aa4012ff81a221b5/
Thanks to Arjen Markus for his so-accurate summary of Wiki activity:
Pressure from deadlines and other uncool things ...
who has not experienced them?
Facing them
- How long before the next deadline? Well, this page
presents some ways to compute the time left -
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/3189>
- Trying to maintain the right indentation when
editing text (source code for instance) -
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/15629>
- Tile comes ever closer ("Censeo Carthaginem esse delendam ...):
prepare for the transition by reading these wise words -
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/15443>
Understanding them
- A well-known concept from the object-oriented programming
world has now its own Wiki page: polymorphism explained
at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14742>
- Would a solution to the problems of expressions be
be to use infix commands? Or is the problem itself
misunderstood? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8389> certainly
provides enough reading material.
- Covering manholes: not the most trivial of subjects
- despite appearances - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4128>
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
There's also a high-quality Wikibook on Tcl:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Tcl
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/
Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here:
http://www.ddj.com/topic/tcl/
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http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl
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