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QOTW:  Expect is "not really overkill, it is a very handy API to process
control in general." -- Jeff Hobbs

"Write it in Tcl." -- Bob Techentin, summarizing his performance investigation


POTW:  TIL portably manages long-living processes and other software
constructs of interest.
    http://til.sf.net/


    Gerald Lester, R. T. Wurth, and others debate whether [pack]
    or [grid] is superior.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Wow.  "ActiveState Adds Expect for Windows to ActiveTcl"
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
        
    Until Tile construction receives the polish it deserves, 
    follow Joe English's advice for a safe build.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his summary of Wiki activity:
  From time to time old pages turn up again on the Wiki
  and pages that your humble chronicler missed the first
  time round get a new chance ...
  
  Techniques
  - Does Tcl need a C-like "struct" data structure? 
    Richard Suchenwirth shows a simple implementation 
    if you do not want to use Tcllib's struct package.
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/783>>
  
  - Last week we claimed that locking resources (files 
    and others) is not an easy problem. Perhaps
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14601>> provides a generic 
    starting point?
  
  - Anybody who does not know the name Bayes? Time to 
    read up on that one formula that is now so popular. 
    Or any of its applications, like in Bayesian networks ... 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12127>>
  
  Packages
  - Appointments, meetings, deadlines - our lives 
    are governed by them. So let a pure-Tcl widget
    govern them in turn - maybe it will be fun
    at last - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13497>>
  
  - Nothing like a nice little demo to promote 
    a package - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14606>> provides 
    one for Tclogl, to make OpenGL available in Tcl.
  
  - A competitor for the Tcl browser plugin? TclControl
    can now be used in Internet Explorer. Check out:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1944>>
  

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

    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

    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

    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
        http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/

    Cetus Links maintains a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html

    "Yahoo! Groups" archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/

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