Author: [Clif Flynt]

Publisher: Academic Press Professional/Morgan Kaufman [http://www.mkp.com/]

 Publication date: December 1998
 ISBN: 0122612051
 Pages: 698 + CDROM
 Price: 49.95 US
 WWW book information: http://www.msen.com/~clif/RealProgrammer.html

This book is designed to be a general Tcl/Tk reference and tutorial
for the experienced programmer.  Introduces the syntax for most
commands, and discusses how the commands can be used.  Topics covered
include namespaces, packages, building mega-widgets, writing extensions,
extending the html library, an overview of existing tools and
extensions, and tips for debugging and writing better Tcl code. There are "real world" chapters on-line [http://ic.net/~cflynt/realprog/realwrld.htm].

The CD-ROM includes a set of Tcl/Tk tutorials (to augment the tutorial
information in the book), a set of chapters on real world Tcl/Tk applications, Tcl/Tk distributions for MS-Windows, Mac and Unix, extensions for MS-Windows, Mac and Unix, man pages in html, Tcl
Engineering and Style guides, and a bit more.

Not a bad book from a tutorial point of view, but it has the
worst index I've ever seen in a technical book. Totally useless 
for reference purposes.

[Clif Flynt], Jan 17, 2001: I'm starting work on the second edition of 
"Tcl/Tk for Real Programmers", and I'd appreciate a note from anyone
with comments pro or con about the book so I can address failings
and maybe keep the good parts.  clif@cflynt.com

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LV: Sorry, but I still haven't had the privlege of using the first edition, so I don't know what to recommend.