by [Mark Roseman] - 'DejaNews:'' [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=422144419]

''Several new software releases this week, highlighted by the beta of the 8.1 core. Help improve all of this software by banging on it hard and providing bug reports and fixes back to the authors!''

   * The first beta release of the Tcl/Tk 8.1 core (which adds support for internationalization) is now available from [Scriptics] http://www.tcl.tk/software/8.1.html
   * [Jeff Hobbs] releases version 2.4 of his [TkTable] widget, adding row and column spanning (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=421106094])
   * [Dennis LaBelle] announces a new version of the XF GUI builder. http://members.aol.com/xfguibuild/
   * [Tom Poindexter] updates [Sybtcl] to version 3.0b2 (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=419684867])
   * Some more thoughts on speeding up scripts from Jeff Hobbs (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=420773929])
   * The Smaller Tcl Project finds a home and a new mailing list http://www.bright.net/~zfrey/smalltcl.html
   * Richard Pennington chimes in with a good description of how Tcl was used in practice on a large application (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=419661989])
   * Finally, check out this kudo for Tcl in the midst of yet another good article from Jakob Nielsen (Mr. Web Usability). If you're doing any kind of web things, his column is a must read http://www.useit.com/alertbox/981213.html

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