WHEREAS, John K. Ousterhout advises the Tcl Core Team that, in his opinion, he has not made a significant contribution to Tcl in the last five years; and further
WHEREAS, Dr. Ousterhout further advises the team that he is confident that Tcl and the Tk toolkit are in good hands with the current Tcl Core Team; and further
WHEREAS, Dr. Ousterhout further advises the team that he wishes to be accounted a Tcl Core Team member emeritus; and further
WHEREAS, it is impossible to give an adequate account of Dr. Ousterhout's accomplishments as the true "father of Tcl/Tk:" from overseeing its initial construction in the laboratories at Berkeley, through overseeing its publicity and recruiting community development, through its period of commercial development at Sun, Scriptics, and Ajuba, into the community-maintained system that it is today: activities for which he richly deserved the ACM Software System Award that the Association for Computing Machinery granted him in 1997, his induction as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 1994, and his membership in the National Academy of Engineering; and further
WHEREAS, Dr. Ousterhout is mentioned by name in the fundamental documents (TIP #0 and TIP #2) defining the Tcl Core Team, and accorded especial privileges as "Benevolent Dictator" with the ability to resolve any deadlocks by executive fiat; and further
WHEREAS, the "Benevolent Dictator Clause" has been long regarded by the Tcl Core Team as an important "safety valve" in its process; and further
WHEREAS, Dr. Ousterhout's departure will necessitate reonsideration of that element of the Tcl Core Team's charter;
NOW THEREFORE be it
RESOLVED, that the Tcl Core Team accepts with the profoundest regret the resignation of Dr. John K. Ousterhout from its ranks, and offers him heartfelt thanks and admiration for his many years of tireless service; and be it further
RESOLVED, that Dr. John K. Ousterhout shall be designated
FOUNDER AND MEMBER EMERITUS OF THE TCL CORE TEAM
a title that can be rightfully applied only to him; and further be it
RESOLVED, that the Tcl Core Team do at once commit to a Committee of the Whole to propose appropriate Amendments to its Constitution and By-Laws (as set forth in Tcl Improvement Proposals #0 and #2), and that said Committee of the Whole shall rise and report at such time as it shall find convenient, but in any event no later than 31 January 2009.
DONE, this fifteenth day of December, 2008
For the Tcl Core Team
Mo DeJong Joe English Donal K. Fellows Jeffrey Hobbs George A. Howlett Kevin B. Kenny Andreas Kupries Karl Lehenbauer Jan Nijtmans John K. Ousterhout, founder and member emeritus Donald G. Porter Miguel Sofer Daniel A. Steffen
On Dec 15, 11:11 pm, Kevin Kenny <kenn...@acm.org> wrote:
> TCL CORE TEAM > SPECIAL RESOLUTION 2008-3
> WHEREAS, John K. Ousterhout advises the Tcl Core Team that, in his > opinion, he has not made a significant contribution to Tcl in the last > five years; and further
I would like to thank you for this important announcement,
WHEREAS the impact it will have on the Tcl community.
WHEREAS, I would also like to thank, WHEREAS, Dr. Ousterhout for creating such a great language WHEREAS it is enjoyed by countless individuals WHEREAS worldwide. WHEREAS, I'm sorry to to see Dr. Ousterhout go, but I suppose all things come to an end.
walton.p...@gmail.com wrote: > I would like to thank you for this important announcement,
> WHEREAS the impact it will have on the Tcl community.
> WHEREAS, I would also like to thank, WHEREAS, Dr. Ousterhout for > creating such a great language WHEREAS it is enjoyed by countless > individuals WHEREAS worldwide. WHEREAS, I'm sorry to to see Dr. > Ousterhout go, but I suppose all things come to an end.
> Sincerely WHEREAS,
Several people have been privately and publicly poking fun at the choice of language. I was following conventional parliamentary procedure when I drafted these resolutions:
> walton.p...@gmail.com wrote: > > I would like to thank you for this important announcement,
> > WHEREAS the impact it will have on the Tcl community.
> > WHEREAS, I would also like to thank, WHEREAS, Dr. Ousterhout for > > creating such a great language WHEREAS it is enjoyed by countless > > individuals WHEREAS worldwide. WHEREAS, I'm sorry to to see Dr. > > Ousterhout go, but I suppose all things come to an end.
> > Sincerely WHEREAS,
> Several people have been privately and publicly poking fun at > the choice of language. I was following conventional parliamentary > procedure when I drafted these resolutions:
I suppose this announcement just formalizes the reality that we've all been aware of for some time, but just the same it's sad to see the benevolent dictator retire. People, like programming languages, come and go; but I hope Tcl will remain a viable language for many years to come, in spite of the recent "official" retirements of many prominent Tcl'ers of years past.
In any case, I owe a profound debt of gratitude to Dr. Ousterhout for creating and releasing under an extremely generous license this elegant language that I have used on almost a daily basis for the past seven or so years. While it hasn't necessarily helped me get any jobs, it has helped me do my work in every job I've held but one in the past seven years. On top of all that, it is just a pleasure to program in Tcl/Tk. So, many thanks, Dr. Ousterhout, and best wishes for the future.
And yet Tcl is still getting new users like me :-) I don't know how I overlooked it in the past. But after feeling constrained by VB, Java, Python, etc., I finally started digging into the details of Tcl last week, and it's been an amazing experience. I'm simply astonished to be able to write and run Tcl/Tk applications on my mobile phone.
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