Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links

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...


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? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/16882>
  
  - Designing try-catch constructs is not as straightforward as 
    it may look ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21608> for a detailed
    proposal and discussion.
  
  - However small, there _are_ differences between Tcl on Windows
    and on Unix/Linux. Check out: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13926>
  
  Different styles
  - The term "Visual Tcl" has been used many times in the past,
    leading to very different applications. They are summarised
    at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1932>
  
  - Experiment with Tk 8.5's (or Tile's) styles? Why not visit
    this French page: <http://wfr.tcl.tk/1662> and experiment?
  
  - TclApp is the successor to prowrap and it makes wrapping
    and deploying a Tcl application as easy as, say, a starpack.
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8640>
  
  What's in a name
  - Here is a web server with an impressive pedigree ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2090>
  
  - A new tool or a new toy? TclOO is definitely ready for 
    playing around with - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20200>
  

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&...

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

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