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QOTW:  "I've worked besides auto mechanics, physicist and doctors. It's hard
to tell them apart." - Steve Redler, on the experimentalist mentality 


    Ralf, WavyDavy, et al. show how to measure and improve performance,
    in this case specifically in regard to networking:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    libmsgqueue2.8 boasts asynchronous service:
        http://libmsgque.sourceforge.net/


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his (mostly) weekly summary of Wiki action:
  Last week's Wiki activities gravitate around people, with bits and
  pieces of technical stuff floating by. Let the summary begin!
  
  Technical bits and pieces 
  - Won't it ever cease, the stream of OO-extensions to Tcl? 
    No criticism from your chronicler! It simply amazed him:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22732> for yet another approach
  
  - INI-files (yes, those unruly collections of settings) are
    perfectly handled via dictionaries - <http:/wiki.tcl.tk/22717>
    for details.
  
  - Keep those HTTP servers tiny, please: yet another minimalistic 
    stream has cast a new member: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22638>
  
  People pages
  - There are a good many online tutorials for Tcl and Tk. Here 
    is an overview: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20796>
  
  - We are very creative with ideas that could be implemented 
    this summer, but some structure is required: somebody 
    must take responsability - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22713>
  
  - Are you a beginner? And by beginner we do mean beginner?
    Then check out this book: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20648>


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&...

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