by [Mark Roseman] - 'DejaNews:'' [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=409971962]

''This week highlights a number of Scriptics-related topics, and several software announcements.''

   * John Ousterhout suggests that a volunteer effort could come up with a scheme for a smaller core, that Scriptics could later incorporate. Volunteers? (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=407610390])
   * John also describes the current Scriptics roadmap for the new few versions of both Tcl/Tk and TclPro. (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=408349818])
   * As a first step, TclPro 1.1 is now in beta, providing bug fixes and tweaks, and adding support for Linux and IRIX (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=409764751])
   * Will Duquette posts his guide to success with Tcl 8.0 namespaces and packages. http://www.cogent.net/~duquette/tcl/namespaces.html
   * The final release of TkDiff 3.0 is now available http://www.ipass.net/~klassa/tkdiff/
   * Tom Poindexter releases the first beta of Sybtcl 3.0 (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=407554250])
   * Clif Flynt releases a long-awaited update to his excellent TclTutor program http://www.msen.com/~clif/TclTutor.html
   * D.J. Hagberg explains how to use Tcl sockets over ssh (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=408378721])