by [Matt Newman] - 'DejaNews:'' [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=468284026]

''It has been a busy week of Tcl 8.1 bug submissions and discussions. Keep those bug reports coming - we all benefit from reaching production stability with Tcl 8.1 ASAP.''

''Quote of the Week: "how do you want to be irritated beyond belief today?" - Dave LeBlanc (Re: MS Help Files and VC++ 6.0)''

   * Tcl-URL! is changing format with the help of Daniel and Brent at Scriptics. (See url below for more information) http://www.tcl.tk/tclurl/
   * Discussion of 8.1 vs 8.0 performance, and why 8.1 is so much slower for character manipulation. Required reading for anyone who has performance-critical applications. (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=475452431])
   * Long discussion on improving the string command interface to more directly support real-world applications. (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=474374687])
   * [Bryan Oakley] has started what promises to be a long thread entitled "tcl/tk 9.0 - remove the warts! (?)". Lots of discussion about cleaning up the command namespace and the inconsistancies in the [[list] command. (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=474822904])
   * Adding major/minor subcommands to new or existing commands (Announcement and Discussion)- breaks out in to an interesting thread on the byte compiler. (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=474332371])
   * Curried commands and lamdas in pure Tcl (Announcement and Discussion) (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=474276792])
   * If you have ever been frustrated by shared libs on HP-UX this patch is a must! (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=474842129])
   * Nice discussion on the many ways of representing complex structured data in Tcl. (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=474877938])
   * What the heck is foo anyway! http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/frames/F/foo.html
   * "These are a few of my favorite things" (or do you hear the sound of music?) [Please join in and add your favorites to this thread] (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=473006839])
   * Tk8.1 strongly unstable with --enable-thread [[The Scriptics team are very interested in getting detailed reports on this issue] (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=473382164])
   * Last weeks Tcl-URL! mention of Tcl vs. Perl spawned some interesting debate. (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=473460619])
   * Opening URL's in the browser (Sample Code) (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=473889119])
   * The Dangers of \x (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=474138357])