by [Cameron Laird] - 'DejaNews:'' [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=390898021]

   * c.l.t activity balloons as programmers rush back from vacation and on to this week's Conference http://www.usenix.org/events/tcl98/
   * Event of the week: Larry Virden relocates the Tcl FAQ Launcher http://www.tclfaq.wservice.com/tcl-faq/
   * "Sound Playback in Tcl/Tk!" is the name of the month's most entertaining thread. It's dense with technical specifics and well-informed speculations. Read the whole thread, including its relatives which discuss extension philosophies and marketing stances (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=386193881]) and (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=389612867])
   * Christopher Nelson launches a project to enhance the Tcl distribution documentation (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=387836119])
   * A resurgence of activity in Tcl for {Java,COM,MacOS} has arisen recently. Andrew Friedl, for example, announces Blackbox Software's release of AxTcl80 (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=390148157])
   * How does one automate generations? Well, Nat Pryce generalizes (C/C++ programmers') makedepend into portability by coding it in Tcl (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=389083881])
   * Harald Kirsh updates his "rule base command execution" utility (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=384609713]) and Paul Duffin responds to Alex Ferrieux's appeal for structured Tcl developmental pathways with several ideas on cross-platform considerations (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=389349164]) As it happens, a few quiet groups are already working on these ideas. More to come ... In the meantime, see also Alex's "CALL FOR IDEAS" on modularization (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=389043655])
   * Bob Techentin lucidly summarizes Tcl's marketing position in only three sentences (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=387474218])
   * Regexps intoxicate to overuse. That creates its own reality, of course. Joe English nicely exemplifies application of his COST SGML-aware extension, but warns that it's too rigorous for most of URLland. (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=389857832])
   * Donal Fellows mentions "one of the best ideas I've seen" and "one of the main strengths of Tcl" in a single post (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=388428303]) Earlier, he sketched implementation of an "About ..." facility (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=388822358])
   * Donald G Porter splits source blocks into individual interpretable command lists, with correct handling of semi-colon delimeters (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=389410991])