QOTW:  "Because Don is a smart person." - Ron Fox, in response to, "Why
did Don Libes choose Tcl ...?"

"[interact] is pretty amazing." - aspect


    Alexandre Ferrieux exhibits his virtuousity by solving problems
    with proprietary products, open-source tools, and more:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/10ad4c96d554bca7
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/8c2128dd4e689016
    Who knew exec-fork was a way to get version information!?

    Aejaks is slick Web development:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/c5a0e70eafb31c2d/
	
    Shall the collective mind undertake byte-coding?  Alexandre offers
    discouraging words:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/49215f5ab2e631d8
    

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
  Lots of packages this week on the Wiki, so perhaps there is something
  useful for everybody.
  
  User-interface stuff
  - The Whim window manager is growing up fast. Check it out and use it.
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13972>
  
  - In its wake one sees the AEjaks package maturing too. This one is 
    for developing web applications - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17422>
  
  - And for all those enamoured by 3D visualisation, have a look at
    the latest improvements of Tcl3D at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15078>
  
  Computational and automation stuff
  - Want to make one of those beautifully typeset formulae?
    Here is one way to do it ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21593>
  
  - Or perhaps you prefer the APL way? No problem:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1189> is a golden oldie.
  
  - Interfacing to Open Office for automation purposes, keeping
    track of new versions of that package requires some work.
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14791>
  
  - A neural network is one of those mathematical techniques for
    solving certain types of problems. You can nicely visualise
    them, set them and train them. Or you can interface Tcl to 
    an existing library: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8751> and
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21579>
  
  Left-overs
  - Don't we do any maths anymore? Or is this page simply in 
    desperate need of an update? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1619>
  
  - Serial (and parallel) ports represent mysterious entities to
    your humble chronicler. But for Tcl, they are a piece of 
    cake: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/447>
  
  - Ever wanted to probe deep inside the operating system to see
    what it is doing? Then DTrace is for you: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19923>
  

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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