AKA [Vermeil]

'''What am I doing for Tcl?'''

I started the Tcl version of [BOOK Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook], but for health reasons I'm not able to continue with it, sorry.

'''Who I am'''

I have a solid procedural languages background (read [Pascal]/C/C++) but now I prefer the beauty and power of scripting languages.

Trying out new languages, I usually attempt to port small familiar programs to them.  One of those is the ''Bugs'' program from A K Dewdneys ''The Magic Machine''.  Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... [TkBugs]!

Another thing I do to languages is to explore twisted and distorted versions of them, such as [HereTcl].  HereTcl is dormant right now, partially pending the latest advances in [Snit] technology.  (2005-03-29: I don't know if I'll ever work on this again.)

I am also tinkering with a (pure-Tcl) implementation of Lisp, [Luthien].  It's targeted at ISLISP <= Luthien <= Common Lisp.  '''That'll''' show those who called me crazy, MWAH HAH HA HA!  (2005-03-29: I don't know if I'll ever work on this again, either.)

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'''Opinions'''

My favorite languages (and their "Scrubs" equivalents):

   Tcl:   Well, duh.  I ''could'' list several very good features of this language (and I have, sort of: [Tcl testimonials]).  I could also simply observe that since Tcl is the language that I use the most, and the one I turn to first when trying out a new idea, it's got to be my favorite language. (JD)
   [Lisp]:   The Rock of Ages in the programming world.  Probably the best programming language ever, but '''not''' the most convenient. (Dr. Cox)
   [Logo]:   I use it for teaching my kids programming.  A language with hidden strengths. (Elliott)
   [Ruby] or [Smalltalk]:   Either deserves to be named the native language of OOP.  Ruby reads like pseudocode, so I think it should be made the premier teaching language for OOP everywhere. (Turk and Carla)
   C:   The greasy, unpolished handyman without whom nothing would ever work around here.  It's on my favorite list not because I like it very much, but because it's very useful. (Janitor)

My least favorite languages are those that I call [Good girls don't] languages, by which I mean languages that really go out of their way to try to protect me from my presumed ineptitude.

<gripe>
[Java] is a special case in that category; a language that by design is supposed to keep the sharp tools out of my reach, while it's so convoluted and inconsistent it makes it hard to spot the mistakes I '''do''' make.  ''Write once, bugs everywhere.''
</gripe>

'''g[Vim]'''.  Probably the best editor in the world.  [http://www.vim.org]

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'''Eurolish'''

If you need to write a 7-bit-safe Swedish document or source code,
the [Eurolish] conversions might prove useful.  The following letters
need to be supported to fully handle documents in the Swedish language:

    A+ring   -- A`` / a``
    A+umlaut -- A'' / a''
    O+umlaut -- O'' / o''
    E+acute  -- E' / e'
    U+umlaut -- U'' / u''

The first three are in the ``Swedish alphabet'' (in collation order).
The last two are found in names and a few borrowed words, and are 
collated as e and u (or possibly y?), respectively.

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'''Useful pages on the Wiki'''

Several pages are useful, but this one gets my first bookmark for obvious reasons: http://purl.org/thecliff/tcl/wiki/SearchingAndBookmarkingURLsOnTheTcl'ersWiki

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