Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Mar 23)
Cameron Laird
"Anyway, my take on this is the same as always: for me, the core is Fast
Enough as it is, but it's Too Complicated. I'd rather see clarity
optimizations than speed/space ones." - Joe English
Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action, and my
apologies for the long delay in passing it on:
Time for another Wiki summary - let us just start.
User experiences
- Tcl module mechanism, new in Tcl 8.5, has a few properties that
may be difficult to use in certain environments. But otherwise,
it is great. <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12999>
- It is always fun to fool around with the language itself. If,
like in <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15422>, performance is much less
of an issue than you would think at first, it is even more fun!
- Eclipse support for Tcl may be tough to track down, but it is
there: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19664> tells a few stories.
Experienced users
- One of those things everybody can build, but it is nice to see
a full-featured version: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19724> lets you
run programs from a common window.
- As telecommunication is everything nowadays, let us see how
Tcl can be employed: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11789> is but a single
page on the subject.
- Not everybody may be able to build their own window manager,
but everybody can have a look at the results of someone who
can: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13972>
- Though few people may be able to put a nice idea into
elegant and short code, everybody can enjoy the results:
- Line numbers in a text widget? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19724>
- Parse an expression like "1+2*3" (without minding the
details)? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20904>
- A whole different ball game is the effective implementation
of continuations ... To appreciate the concept as well as
the latest implementation, see <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13232>
and its links
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.lang.tcl
Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome.
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