QOTW:  "The annoying bit is that XML tends to be a hammer finding
fingers." - Donal K. Fellows


    Alexandre and Donal juggle external processes skillfully,
    in ways beginners often need but rarely understand.
	 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/5de266f8f4a308e/


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
  The seventh European conference has been a success, judging
  from the enthousiastic reactions on the Wiki and the chatroom.
  Let us hope for some online material! Meanwhile, here is the
  summary.
  
  On the calendar
  - It used to be one of the most important mathematical 
    problems (well, you have to go back to the Middle Ages),
    but the date of next year's Easter is easy to compute,
    once you understand the astronomical principles:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8915> 
  
  - Want to know what went on at that conference?
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21574>  for the program and a 
    few reactions.
  
  - Let us vote for Tcl! Sourceforge have organised 
    a popularity contest - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21198> 
  
  - Looking for a job that involves Tcl? Be sure to check
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13259> 
  
  Is simplicity always a good thing?
  - Lots of myths w.r.t. Java clarified in this comparison:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11124> 
  
  - Why would you need a large monolithic application, when
    all you actually need are a few building blocks?
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15298> 
  
  - There you go: a bouquet of solutions if you find yourself
    dealing with complex data - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2995> 
  
  - And if you have to deal with a stack of unsorted photographs,
    well, maybe this will help creating some order 
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19884> 


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

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