Version 45 of Colin McCormack

Personal information:

Email: mailto:[email protected]

Projects:

directory notification package in Tcl
multiplexer called Mux here [L1 ]
tclVM toys and tools here [L2 ]
A tclhttpd interface to some CA code like SimpleCA (here [L3 ]).
a Tcl Space called Coldtcl - http://sharedtech.dyndns.org/~colin/coldtcl.tar.gz
Wikit vfs - a Wikit Virtual File System
RSA in tcl based on bignum
XDR parser in tcl.
Cache VFS caching virtual filesystem
TreeQL a tree editing and query language
snitvfs Snit VFS implementation template.
mime type recognition in pure tcl
pure tcl cvs client
tcc tcl extension YES! Compile C directly into your tcl code with only 100K overhead. (I am so happy :)

Quickies:

purse - simpleminded but effective array persistence using trace and files
mapping arrays to directories. Mentioned in Everything's a ...
mapping metakit views as arrays (of dictionaries)
Keyword in Context Indexer kwic
userid from tclX in critcl
remote ssh tcl for remote execution of tcl commands via ssh.
backup utility using rsync uses the remote ssh tcl facility above.
Postfix and tcl
tclConfig.sh parser
gathering stuff on tclxpcom
tcl future object type
fields facilitates the binary (un)packing of fields
dict in snit a snit wrapper around dict.
patch for rcs in tcl a quickie to process diff -n diffs

I occasionally throw up bits and pieces here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libtclpq/

I have a tendancy to ask ''is there any compelling reason that X doesn't use Y?' where Y is often comm ... I just like minimalism, I guess.

Musings:

scope - on scope in tcl

Wild Ideas:

Tcl Canon and Fugue
The ability to taint allocation blocks, its possible uses.
Tcl over Python a different Python parser to make it look like tcl, and can you tell the difference?

Suggestions: (I'm full of 'em)

Controversies/Rants:

what is a Project Release? What is it for? Stu and I have been robustly exchanging views on the subject, and I thought I'd jump in to misrepresent his views in that page.
Imagine a language ... unexpected side-effects of tcl's virtues.

Firsts: first mention of 'badger' on the Wiki ... damn, not even close.

Mail

RA2

Colin, when you use the word "clue" (both as a noun and as a verb) do you mean "knowledge", "competence", "know-how"? This seems to be internet lingo. Is this word used in real life? The word "clue" has been in use for decades but only in the expression: "I don't have a clue". It must be a new meaning.

You have quite a vocabulary. You could be a great technical writer. Are you British?

Is the mysterious (and very competent) Peter Newman a new person on this wiki or has he been here a long time?

Thanks for the infos

Category Person