Just wanted to express my appreciation

[suza...@hotmail.com]

There have been so many times that this group has helped me. I've
always felt real appreciation, but I just realized that I should remind
all of you know how much of a difference you make in many people's
lives.

I really don't know how I'd do my job if it weren't for you. (I keep
wondering how I ever managed to program before Usenet.)

Again, thanks for your time, patience and dedication to making Tcl a
powerful language. The Tcl community is wonderful!

Regards,
Suzanne

[Khaled]

The Tcl community is the best community I've ever known. I totally
share your thoughts about this group and can't tell how much I learned
just from reading the numerous posts of the talented, professional,
polite and kind people here. I'll always remain grateful and committed
to this community.

Thanks to all of you.

Rgrds,
Khaled

[Mona]

Yes, this Usenet group is the greatest......
Thanks for being there for all of us.

Regards,
Mona.

[sig...@gmail.com]

I heartily agree.

Robert

[Ian Bell]

Mona wrote:

I agree. A unique resource peopled by sane friendly folk.

Ian

[jfon...@free.fr]

suza...@hotmail.com wrote:

> Again, thanks for your time, patience and dedication to making Tcl a
> powerful language. The Tcl community is wonderful!

Indeed. The question is why?
I think the Tcl people are as friendly as their programming language is
to them.

Jean-Luc

[David N. Welton]

suza...@hotmail.com wrote:
> There have been so many times that this group has helped me. I've
> always felt real appreciation, but I just realized that I should remind
> all of you know how much of a difference you make in many people's
> lives.

One way of showing that, that would let the rest of the world know that
Tcl is alive and kicking is to give a presentation, or even write up an
article about what it is you are doing with Tcl.

--
David N. Welton
- http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/

Apache, Linux, Tcl Consulting
- http://www.dedasys.com/

[Ian Bell]

jfon...@free.fr wrote:

I think Tcl has an elegance that is attractive to a certain type of mind.

IAn

[suc...@wanadoo.fr]

let me add my thanks and congratulations to all people of
this friendly group and although i am very new to it to tell
all my interest to tcl/tk
friendly
jerome

On Fri, 27 May 2005 19:52:46 +0000, Ian Bell <ruffr...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

[Free News]

100% spot on !

"Ian Bell" <ruffr...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d784kk$6b9$1...@slavica.ukpost.com...

[sig...@gmail.com]

And show the world my ugly code?! Maybe when I am better at Tcl I will
do something like an article. Right now, I have subverted Perl with Tcl
for my admin duties. I also try to volunteer for stuff in the Tcl
community. I sometimes even suggest crazy things that actually get
listened to. : )

Robert

[Brian]

David N. Welton wrote:
> suza...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>There have been so many times that this group has helped me. I've
>>always felt real appreciation, but I just realized that I should remind
>>all of you know how much of a difference you make in many people's
>>lives.
>
>
> One way of showing that, that would let the rest of the world know that
> Tcl is alive and kicking is to give a presentation, or even write up an
> article about what it is you are doing with Tcl.
>

On that note, it's time for a shamelss plug for the Tcl'2005 conference:
Tcl 2005 second call for papers.

Submission of Summaries

Tcl/Tk 2005 will be held in Portland, Oregon USA from October 24 -
October 28. The program committee asks all people using and developing
with Tcl/Tk and extensions to submit papers and proposals for
presentations at this conference. Past conferences have seen submissions
covering a wide variety of topics including and not limited to:

* Scientific and engineering applications
* Industrial controls
* Distributed applications and Network Managment
* Object oriented extensions to Tcl/Tk
* New widgets for Tk
* Simulation and application steering with Tcl/Tk
* Tcl/Tk-Centric operating environments
* Tcl/Tk on small and embedded devices
* Medical applications and visualization
* Use of different programming paradigms in Tcl/Tk and proposals for
new directions.
* New areas of exploration for the Tcl/Tk language

The submissions should consist of an abstract of about 100 words and a
summary of maximum two pages. Omit extraneous or redundant information.
Length is not a direct factor in judging the quality of the submission.

Send submissions as plain text to <tcl2005 AT tcl.tk> no later than July
1, 2005. Authors of accepted abstracts will have until September 15,
2005 to submit their final paper for the inclusion in the conference
proceedings. The proceedings will be made available on CD-ROM, so extra
materials like code samples are welcome.

The authors will have 20-25 minutes to present the paper at the conference.

The program committee will review and evaluate papers according to the
following criteria:

* Quantity and quality of novel content
* Relevance and interest to the Tcl/Tk community
* Suitability of content for presentation at the conference

Proposals may report on commercial or non-commercial systems, but those
with only blatant marketing content will not be accepted.

Application and experience papers need to strike a balance between
background on the application domain and the relevance of Tcl/Tk to the
application. Application and experience papers should clearly explain
how the application or experience illustrates a novel use of Tcl/Tk, and
what lessons the Tcl/Tk community can derive from the application or
experience to apply to their own development efforts.

Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms will be returned to
the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest
confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a
matter of policy and in accord with the U. S. Copyright Act of 1976.

The primary author for each accepted paper will receive registration to
the Technical Sessions portion of the conference at a reduced rate.
Other Forms of Participation

The program committee also welcomes proposals for panel discussions of
up to 90 minutes. Proposals should include a list of confirmed
panelists, a title and format, and a panel description with position
statements from each panelist. Panels should have no more than four
speakers, including the panel moderator, and should allow time for
substantial interaction with attendees. Panels are not presentations of
related research papers.

Slots for Works-in-Progress (WIP) presentations and Birds-of-a-Feather
sessions (BOFs) are available on a first-come, first-served basis
starting in August, 2005. Specific instructions for reserving WIP and
BOF time slots will be provided in the registration information
available in June 2005. Some WIP and BOF time slots will be held open
for on-site reservation, so we encourage all attendees with interesting
work in progress to consider presenting that work at the conference.
Registration Information

More information on the conference will be available in April 2005 at
the conference Web site and published on various Tcl/Tk-related
information channels.

To keep in touch with news regarding the conference and Tcl events in
general, subscribe to the tcl-announce list.
Conference Committee
Brian Griffin Mentor Graphics Facilities Coordination
Clif Flynt Noumena Corp General Chair, Website Admin
Ron Fox NSCL MSU Program Chair
Arjen Markus WL Delft Hydraulics
Cyndy Lilagan Eolas Corp
Gerald Lester HMS Software
Donal Fellows University of Manchester
Jeffrey Hobbs ActiveState Corp
Steve Landers Digital Smarties
Kevin Kenny GE Global Research Center
Ken Jones Avia Training
Sheila Miguez mVerify
Larry Virden Tcl FAQ Maintainer
Andreas Kupries ActiveState Corp

Contact Information
<tcl2005 AT tcl.tk>