by [Matt Newman] - 'DejaNews:'' [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=489555440]

''There have been a number of very long threads this week, the regexp one has managed to get to 106 messages alone!''

''Quote of the week (care of Paul Duffin) Comment: I'd like to see the flame war: Tcl vs. VB. Response: That's no war, that's a massacre ;-)''

   * Processing Telnet options [[SAMPLE] (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=489222883])
   * Regexp and backslash confusion explained [[LONG] (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=486646397])
   * Perl and Tcl performance contrasted (plus tip on speeding up expr) (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=488519946])
   * Long but interesting thread on introspection (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=486610774])
   * "Scripting across frontiers". (SunWorld, May 1999). http://www.sunworld.com/swol-05-1999/swol-05-regex.html
   * Thoughts on improving the core (a call to arms) [LONG] (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=487154311])
   * "How To" on Tcl Internationalization released. http://www.scriptics.com/support/howto/i18n.html