QOTW:  "[I]t seems to be a rule, whatever i'm trying to suggest or saying
tcl is lacking, tcl has it already..." - arezey


    A particularly rich week for comp.lang.tcl included scenario
    planning, natural language processing, Mac shareware practices,
    cellular handsets, and numerous other fascinating topics that
    arise in daily use of the language:
         http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/eadac1e0d69bdba7/

    Larry Virden aptly illustrates part of the leverage tclkit 
    gives developers with a five-line recipe:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/20e5af5eb81fe2fa
    Other tclkit observations focused on ARM hosting, refactoring,
    ...:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/dc26925912d95e65

    Ruby people think Tk disappoints them.  Confusion persists as to why:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/33df1ad6ebc5d824/

    Unless you work with other languages, you'll have a hard time appreciating
    how easy Tcl (and stubs, and ActiveTcl, and tclkit, and a well-wrung-out
    source base, and ...) makes it to move between versions:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/4145c571de72a07c/


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his (mostly) weekly summary of Wiki action:
  No time to waste - let's get on with the summary!
  
  Just one of those things
  - Keep them coming--ideas for the Google Summer of Code:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22182>
  
  - Because it is useful at times and because we can: start a 
    search on Windows via Tcl: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22503>
  
  - A mild introduction to programming: use this toy to experiment
    with the canvas: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10594>
  
  - Fed up with those huge spreadsheet programs? Here is a simple
    one for you: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20552>
  
  - How to use trhe new Tcl interface to databases? Especially:
    what about those drivers? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20343>
  
  - Manage your systems from a safe distance - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17574>
  
  I program, therefore I am
  - Always be careful when you shuffle things randomly ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13817>
  
  - Invent a language and en passant the compiler for it ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20410>
  
  - Generating events without Tk? Piece of cake and it can be
    found in Tcllib too, still, as a practical example:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8235>
  
  - Counting can be fun, especially when you can add all 
    manner of features: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/562>
  

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

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