QOTW:
    on tcloo, xotcl features:
    Java looks like the dark ages compared to that! 
    Not to speak of all the "P" languages (Python, Perl, Ru*p*y)
	Eckhard Lehmann on tcl-core

POTW:
    coverity analysis of tcl codebase:
	http://scan.coverity.com/rung2.html
    33 uninspected anomalies still open

MEET:
    7th European Tcl/Tk users Meeting : Final call !
	http://groups.google.com/group/fr.comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/bfc76923af04d825
    This is the final call for the 7th European Tcl/Tk users Meeting.
    As said previously, this meeting will take place in Strasbourg,
    France, 6-7 June 2008.
    You can still register on-line for the meeting  and find all practical
    information (how to get there, accommodation, schedules, ...) at :
    If you want to submit an abstract for a talk, please send email to the
    reviewers (see http://eurotcl.org/2008/commitee.html )
    You can see accepted talks at :
	http://www.eurotcl.org/2008/abstract.html
    Come and join us !!
    Contact:
	http://www.eurotcl.org

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    BLT vs Tcl/Tk 8.5.2 ?
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/eeb7b818bacd2f05

    gpibtcl: unresolved symbol: _Z... while loading *.so
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/3fb0372a9ae0d7e1

    loading shared libraries with same function names
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/bf45facf08d52d43

    Win32: accessing device and partition information
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/b1b524d752d65cc3

    Monitor changing file size
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/7fa1f728f605141c

TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
    TIP 318 by Bill Poser : Extend Default Whitespace in 'string trim' Beyond ASCII
	http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/318.html
	is a new TIP

OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
    Is AlphaTk still being developed?
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/409edd002a589e37

PMAG: Tcl in printed and other Media:
    Coverity's Code Analyer:
       http://scan.coverity.com/report/Coverity_White_Paper-Scan_Open_Source_Report_2008.pdf


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
  Tclers take their game programming seriously. That can be witnessed
  on the Wiki quite often. So, let the summary begin!
  
  Applications first
  - Interested in what you can achieve with Tile? The screenshots
    on <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13636>  are worth studying.
  
  - SQLite is a well-known database management system that works
    well with Tcl. How well? Look at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15631> 
    for a viewer/editor.
  
  - ... or learn some of its secrets from <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20315> 
  
  - Want to create a C extension to Tcl? Why not? The first steps 
    are described in <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11153>  with lots of 
    comments.
  
  Then come the widgets
  - This French page presents an editor of "maps", an ingenious
    way to create new images - <http://wfr.tcl.tk/1622> . 
  
  - NexTk is an interesting project: a new implementation of Tk.
    And it is easy to write new widgets in Tcl for it, as this
    page explains: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21111> 
  
  Finally: game time!
  - Get help with Scrabble? This program is capable of rearranging
    a bunch of letters into intelligible words - 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21096> 
  
  - Anything with more than a few items can be turned into statistics
    - and so the Tclers' chatroom became the subject of statistics:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21106> 
  
  - Is this the same game as seen elsewhere? At least the name does
    suggest that. Perhaps yet another variation on a familiar theme:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21097>  but that should not bother a serious
    gamer.


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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