"In order to create a business around an open-source package, there needs
to be a truly huge user community (in the millions), such as Linux or
MySQL." - John Ousterhout in an ArsTechnica interview
    http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/free-software-summit-10th.ars/6

POTW:
    ANNOUNCE: Tcl Windows API aka TWAPI 2.0.9 (alpha) released
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/d2d45d...
    Announcing another work-in-progress release of the Tcl Windows API
    extension (TWAPI). The commands new to 2.0 are still subject to change
    (although not likely).
    If you are using Tcl 8.5, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade from
    earlier releases. If you are still using 8.4, upgrading from 1.1 is
    still recommended as several bugs have been fixed in addition to the
    enhancements.
    V2.0 changes
    Major features since V1.1 include support for writing Windows services
    in Tcl, interfaces to the MS Installer, clipboard and device
    monitoring, Crypto/SSPI interfaces and power management. On the
    downside, NT 4.0 support has
    been dropped.
    See http://twapi.magicsplat.com/versionhistory.html for a full list.
    Need volunteers
    If you can run the TWAPI test scripts on Vista, please post back here.
    I don't have access to any Vista systems.
    Homepage:
        http://twapi.magicsplat.com/
    Downloads:
        http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=90123

    ANNOUNCE: WISH Superscriptorium 2008
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/9df19e...
    by David McClamrock <mcclamr...@locl.net>
    Based on "Words" by William Whittaker and "Glossator" by Mike Polis
     WISH Superscriptorium 2008 is a simple computer-aided Latin-English
    translation program, using plain-text grammar and vocabulary data
    files derived from William Whittaker's "Words" program by way of Mike
    Polis's "Glossator." It requires Tcl and Tk 8.5 (or greater, when
    there is an even greater version). The main program window consists
    basically of three scrolling text widgets side by side, with the
    headings "ORIGINAL TEXT," "TRANSLATION OPTIONS," and "TRANSLATION,"
    below some menus and mini-toolbar buttons.
     Available for download at "Pa Penguin's Icebox"
    Homepage, Downloads:
        http://www.geocities.com/pa_mcclamrock

    ANN:Fve Ver5.2 (Editor for "Mac OS X"/Cygwin/Unix/Windows) Tcl/Tk script
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/cac291...
    File Viewer Editor_Version Fve 5.2
    For Tcl/Tk 8.4,8.5: TclTkAqua 8.4: Tcl/Tk-cygwin 8.4.
    Please use ActiveTcl 8.4.18 binary packages
    or "TclTkAqua 8.4.10 binary packages".
    Homepage, Downloads:
        http://www.ne.jp/asahi/kazuo/sasagawa/

WARN:
    TLS bug: empty reads
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/7d1035c089c25010
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/e50488...

MEET:
    EVT '08 Call For Papers Deadline Approaching
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/e4e235...
    We're writing to remind you that the submissions deadline for the 2008
    USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop is approaching.
    Please submit all work by 11:59 p.m. PDT on Friday, April 11, 2008.
    EVT is a leading publication venue for research on electronic voting
    technologies. The Program Committee seeks to bring together researchers
    from a variety of disciplines, ranging from computer science and
    human-computer interaction experts through political scientists, legal
    experts, election administrators, and voting equipment vendors. EVT
    seeks to publish original research on important problems in all aspects
    of electronic voting.
    Paper submission guidelines can be found at
        http://www.usenix.org/evt08/cfpb

    Symposium on dynamic languages by Arjen Markus
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/18e08d...
    today I received this short announcement from the ACM:
    ****************************
    * Dynamic Languages Symposium
      Date: July 8, 2008
      Location: Paphos, Cyprus
      URL: http://www.swa.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/dls/dls08/
      Submission Deadline: April 25, 2008
      Notification Date: May 23, 2008
    ****************************
    I just thought to post it here, just in case.

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    Enhance [proc] for anonymous functions and closures
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/ffa48b...

    gzip/zlib in tcl and BLT overhaul
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/2a9317...

    after ids
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/d406a9...

    SCIM: kbd stops responding
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/8df5a9...

    WM_SAVE_YOURSELF... how to use?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/39465b...

    Bignum Type Question
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/2cf626...

TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
    TIP 315 by Hai Vu : Add pathSeparator to tcl_platform Array
        http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/315.html
        is a new TIP

OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
    Mixed Sync/Async communications pattern
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/d36...

    C API for "info frame"
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/a2f...

PMAG: Tcl in printed or other media
    Article: Ousterhout on open source, Tcl
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/e31409...
    Article:
        http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/free-software-summit-10th.ars/6

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
  Probably your chronicler's bias, but there seems to be a lot
  of interest in communication between processes - if the Wiki
  is any reliable measure. Well, let's see ...

  What's in a name
  - Anyone else with a good name for the one new syntactical
    element in Tcl 8.5? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19707> discusses
    various possibilities to call {*} ... uh, something.

  - If you have some Latin homework, that is, translate Latin
    text to English, check this out: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20997>

  Tools for your kit
  - Convert an XML file into a PostScript file for printing ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2741>

  - An arms' race in compression algorithms. Can anyone beat
    Lempel-Ziv-Markov? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12749>

  - Multiple ways to protect your source code - for various
    reasons: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/3698> lists a new kid on the
    block - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21001>.

  - Creating a stardll instead of a starkit - embedded Tcl
    made even easier: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15969>

  Talking back and forth
  - What methods do we have to let programs communicate
    amongst each other? A lot as shown by <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1228>

  - A very old (in terms of computerspeak) method can be found
    here: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4885>

  - But nowadays you can simply start a lot of the same processes
    on different machines by a single incantation: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14734>

  - Or set the parameters for a TCP connection: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14722>

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&as_ugroup=comp.l...

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