QOTW:  "A peek at the code for most free() implementations is quite
instructive.. if you don't vomit first." - rfoxmich        

"You know you've been hammered when the Weather Service is using pictures of
your neighbourhood to illustrate storm damage." - Kevin Kenny


    eTcl 1.0.0!
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/b7b372c79797ff15

    "::msgcat::mcmax is completely useless for the case described in the
    msgcat manpage. Just discard that advice."
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/dfb592a3c9335b38/

    VFS is wonderful, as is Tk's use of native widgets; together, though,
    ...:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/50675f7d230f0014


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his (mostly) weekly summary of Wiki action:
  The shortest day on the northern hemisphere (and the shortest night
  for my antipodes) has come and gone, but let us not waste what time
  is left of this year.
  
  Work in progress
  - With Tcl 8.6 reaching the early stages of beta testing, the
    Wiki has been enriched with documentation on the new zlib
    support - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4610> and links therein.
  
  - Interested in the progress regarding Tcl 8.6? This
    page documents just that: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20966>
  
  - And of course you may interested in the development
    of TclOO too. Well, here is <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22139>
  
  Graphical tools and tools in general
  - Work on the whim window manager progresses: see some
    cool screenshots at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13972>.
  
  - Laying widgets can be cumbersome, even with such
    fine geometry managers as grid, because you have to
    choose the widget names carefully. Here is a little
    aide-de-camp: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22097>
  
  - The ever-returning question: what do you need to
    develop in Tcl? Perhaps it is too easy: a decent
    editor and the runtime environment?
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/3878>
  
  Excursions to other languages and back
  - Here is an intriguing tool: convert Java code to Tcl
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22102> - just click on the first
    link to get more information.
  
  - Is a reversed [if] construction a good idea? While Perl
    has it, it is not recommended. Various Tcl implementations
    mimick "unless" ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11364>


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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