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QOTW:  "[I know] no better definition for 'TEA' than 'configures, makes, and
installs on aku's machine'." - Kevin Kenny


    Debugging versions, optimized versions, ...:  the combinatorics are
    more recondite than at first appears:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    ZB and Bryan Oakley argue in favor of widgets being allowed to
    carry cargo:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his (mostly) weekly summary of Wiki action:
  April 1 passed without much incident - now we only have to survive
  those Easter eggs ...
  
  Of speeches, books and trees
  - Does anyone have good suggestions for a presentation on Tcl/Tk?
    Or do you want to get into a discussion on Tk versus Ttk versus
    gnocl versus ...? Here is your chance: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/23125>
  
  - Menus as trees as nested lists ... yes, that is the right
    title for this page. <http://wiki.tcl.tk/23115> contains
    some nice animations and a nice application of nested lists.
    Its companion <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8580> shows other uses.
  
  - Trees of a tangible kind will probably go into the publication
    of this book's second edition: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/103>. But
    you will have a chance to show off your code in a CO2-neutral
    way!
  
  Of traces, encryption and indentation
  - An entertaining discussion over the details of traces:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/398>
  
  - A simple kind of encryption, even a layman can understand 
    this one: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/23095>
  
  - And sometimes a bit of tidying up is all you need:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15731>
  

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/

    Tcl Developer Xchange sponsor, ActiveState, keeps info to 
    onvince 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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