2008-10-02
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Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Oct 2)

QOTW:  "TCL is probably the most underappreciated scripting language in
 existence. It has almost zero learning curve and as such can be used in
 any complex project that uses C as a second implementation language (for
 programming in the small) almost instantly. Few people understand that
 TCL+C is a unique and very powerful software development paradigm, probably
 in some ways supterior in many real life scenarios to overhyped single
 complex OO languages be it Java,  Ruby, C++ or C with some STL-like library
 like glib." - Nikolai Bezroukov
     http://www.softpanorama.org/Articles/a_slightly_skeptical_view_on_scr...

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
   Stormy weather outside, a quiet week on the Wiki. Still, there
   is enough material for anyone's taste!

  Different tastes
   - Are "task dialogues" the way to go in user-interface design?
     Or is it just the lateste fashion? <A HREF=wiki.tcl.tk/16882> wiki.tcl.tk/16882</A> 

  - Designing try-catch constructs is not as straightforward as
     it may look ... <a href=wiki.tcl.tk/21608>wiki.tcl.tk/21608</A> for a detailed
     proposal and discussion.

  - However small, there _are_ differences between Tcl on Windows
     and on Unix/Linux. Check out: <A HREF=wiki.tcl.tk/13926>wiki.tcl.tk/13926</A>

  Different styles
   - The term "Visual Tcl" has been used many times in the past,
     leading to very different applications. They are summarised
     at <A HREF=wiki.tcl.tk/1932>wiki.tcl.tk/1932</A>

  - Experiment with Tk 8.5's (or Tile's) styles? Why not visit
     this French page: <A HREF=wfr.tcl.tk/1662> wfr.tcl.tk/1662</A> and experiment?

  - TclApp is the successor to prowrap and it makes wrapping
     and deploying a Tcl application as easy as, say, a starpack.
     <A HREF=wiki.tcl.tk/8640>wiki.tcl.tk/8640</A>

  What's in a name
   - Here is a web server with an impressive pedigree ...
     <A HREF=wiki.tcl.tk/2090>wiki.tcl.tk/2090</A>

  - A new tool or a new toy? TclOO is definitely ready for
     playing around with - <A HREF=wiki.tcl.tk/20200>wiki.tcl.tk/20200</A>

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.l...

Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome.

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