Version 181 of Robert Abitbol

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I am the architect, the conceptualizer of 3 programs (programmed by others):

* An editor programmed in TCL/TK (thanks to all the distinguished TCL/TK programmers who worked on it!)

* An interactive natural language translator (I am still working on it; it is right now written in C for DOS; we are porting it to C for Windows; we'll use a TCL/TK editor afterwards most probably).

This translator will be offered in a book; it won't have any data included. It is up to the users to enter the data. Garbage in, garbage out; the better the dictionary entries the better the translation. It will work in any pair of languages and it can be used assisted and unassisted also.

I was going to enter the French to English data myself and sell it as such but it is a gigantic task and I'll pass!

Of course this is not an idea that came overnight. This is an adaptation of a paper system that took me many years to develop! I am in fact the only linguist ever who was able to come up with such a system of comparison of languages.

* An outliner for writing in collaboration on Internet (not a wiki!); it is written in php with a MySQL database. It has rendered me many services through the years. Thanks to the two programmers!

I bless the day I came across TCL/TK back in 2004 or 2005. It is an excellent language for my needs.

How did I learn of it? Through 3 excellent programs:

* Will Duquette's wiki editor.

* Brian Theado's TK Ouliner. One of the few stand-alone outliners on the market.

* Mark Roseman's ProjectForum.

These programs were all held in one simple exe files. Wow! I was really impressed! And my curiosity was piqued.

I discovered JCW's tcl.exe program that plays any TCL script and I thought this was a brilliant idea.

Afterwards, when I saw how easy it was to program an editor in TCL/TK, and how easy it was to link to databases and to C files, I became a TCL/TK fan, an afficionado as some people call it.

I still love C of course. C and TCL/TK. In which order? Well, it depends on the day! :-)

Contact me on:

* [email protected]

* AIM: pnb120

* Wiki: http://greenlightwiki.com/travelstories (thanks to the great BenKovitz). Anyone is welcome to write anecdotes, travel stories, portraits, etc. Even erotic stories! No blogs please!

If there is a tool on internet that can help writers, this is it! Writing an anecdote requires skill, concision, precise vocabulary. This is an excellent way to prepare your autobiography also.

* Also check out: http://greenlightwiki.com for great subjects: heuristics, improvisation, advice for better living, etc. Greenlight Wiki is hosted by the great Ben Kovitz eho has written a great piece of software in Python.

This wiki is a rock. Why? For a simple reason: it has been built on a solid and simple principle (no personal comments are allowed) and it will last forever...

Links

* Looking for a TCL Programmer

Older/duplicate information can be found at [L1 ] -jcw

* Basic TCL Programs

* How to compile a tcl script into an exe program

* Showcasing TCL Programs

* Tearoff

* The Backspace problem

* A wiki running locally with a browser and a server

* TCL benchmarks

* A method of classification for Require for help items

* The legal and ethical aspects of TCL/TK