QOTW: "[I]t's simply unwise to ever believe that any non-trivial
multi-threaded application is deadlock free." - Matthew Sackman
http://www.wellquite.org/shared_mutable_memory_must_die.html
"I haven't yet seen a regexp that saved my time before writing it, during
writing it or after writing it." - dour Kaitzschu
Alexandre Ferrieux and Georgios Petasis, among others, exhibit
dexterity in manipulating strings, with a range of dependence
on the [regexp] engine:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/a9e1feaa6c962be1/
Notice how nicely this thread illustrates there will always be
a market for programmers, where "programmer" is understood to
mean not, "code-monkey", but, "someone with the ability to de-
tect and resolve ambiguitities in conventional human discourse".
Alex also compares Tcl's dictionaries and associative arrays:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/2bf9f3fce920415e/
George and others give lessons in Teacup use--that is, in use
of standard extensions with the latest Tcl release:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/d267bac27fad2a76/
Please be aware that [regsub] is NOT a universal solution; at
the same time, its effectiveness sometimes is multiplied when
it's teamed with other techniques:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/58ae9e80a7b8f934
http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9884/ur0509m/
Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
Again a week has passed, time for a summary of what happened on the Wiki:
Only too human
- Ever wondered about the number systems of other peoples and cultures?
Here is a library that might interest you: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17692>
- Just go and build in a spellchecker in your application. This
page should help out: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17380>
- And just to stress that Tcl can be used for other things than
serious applications: <http:/wiki.tcl.tk/10356> for translations
to Pig Latin.
- Sometimes you just need the information on the Wiki as such,
without a need to be online. Download a static database then:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/20412>
Typical stuff
- Getting notified of changes to files in a directory - that
can be quite useful. Try: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/3643> and the
pages it links to.
- The Wiki has a long tradition of Tcl mimicking another
language or system - the Bourne shell is one such other system:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/2932>
- And last but not least: yet another 3D demo. Check out
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/17771>
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
"La Gazette du Técleux" is an important monthly publication.
http://wfr.tcl.tk/1159
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 (but
needs to validate many of the links).
http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/
Years ago, Cetus Links maintained a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html
"Yahoo! Groups" archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts--even
though clta itself is dormant.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/
We're working on more useful archives of past installments. In the
meantime, an alternative is
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl
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