QOTW:  "Following Google links can result in strange impressions." - Richard
Owlett, who thought he was learning Expect


    Ten-line breakpointer!  Rich interactive console!  ::tcl::unsupported::*!
    Live backdoors!  How do *you* debug your Tcl work?
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/c1f7b5e823224ec

    *CIO* magazine gives its slant on scripting in 2008:
        http://www.cio.com/article/446829/PHP_JavaScript_Ruby_Perl_Python_and_Tcl_Today_The_State_of_the_Scripting_Universe

    More engaging than a month of commercial entertainment:  Alexandre and
    Richard generate Rowland primes in a few lines:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/fbb1a4011095ff4b/5fa3c7128f0164ce
    Any favorite initializations beside "set a 7"?  Have you seen Cloitre's
    recurrence?

    Welome 8.6a3 with, among many other things, striding sorts:
	http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.6.html


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
  Sometimes titles are rather misleading - take the page on "puredata", 
  that refers to a piece of software that ... Oh well, simply read on.
  
  Some graphics
  - Here is a (slightly bumpy) way for software to draw syntax diagrams.
    You know: those rectangles with rounded corners and curving lines.
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21708> contains an example.
  
  - Disassemble a GIF file into its constituent blocks and rearrange
    them as you like. <http://wiki.tcl.tk/16127>
  
  - Calendars and clocks always seem to puzzle people - at least 
    when it comes to GUIs. Here is the penultimate solution to
    picking a time: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21705>
  
  Some other stuff
  - Rivet is a module in Apache that allows you to run Tcl programs.
    But you can use it the CGI way too - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/3874>
  
  - "puredata" is software that allows you to manipulate audio and
    video signals. Comes with an interesting way of defining a
    program - as a diagram. <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21384> for details.
  
  - You may want to test your instruments in parallel or in more
    and more complex settings. "Teststand" allows you to use Tcl
    programs. <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21379>
  

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.  Dave 
Williams generously is building up
    http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/comp/tclurl/index.htm
and of course Google gives us
  http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl

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

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