Version 16 of Where is everyone?

Updated 2019-12-21 19:30:22 by WJG

Once upon a time this wiki was so active, a lot of teclers used to exchange ideas and code. And now, nothing. Where is everyone? Where is Larry Virden? Don't tell me they all moved to Python! :-)


WJG (21/12/19) I still check the pages daily but make less frequent posts because fewer people appear to be interested in the contributions that I make. Besides, for many of the tasks and queries that might come to mind, my first port of call nowadays is Stackoverflow. And, I guess for many noobs Rosetta Code is a good alternative plus, of course, the excellent online Tcl tutorials.

I do however, miss the richer 'community' feel of the 'old days' when you just waited for some of the Tcl panditas (esp RS) to add a page or comment which was a delight.



alainmarty - 2019-12-20 06:38:36

Maybe because they are all using lambdatalk http://lambdaway.free.fr/ .

Just kidding :) I discover your wiki and love it.

Alain Marty


dkf - 2019-12-20 11:15:35

People are still about, but the wiki appears less frenetic these days because minor edits are not normally shown on the Recent Changes page.


Jorge - 2019-12-20 15:55:40

JM I love this wiki, and I visit it too often -daily- to see if there is something new I must admit. Then I use to read again some of the golden oldies pages ;-)


johnpeck - 2019-12-20 17:30:01

This wiki has been hugely helpful for me, though I'm not a good contributor. And I check the Recent Changes all the time :-)


LWS - 2019-12-21 03:05:20 UTC

I've noted that a number of things were not copied over from the original wiki. Either that or the search mechanism is not turning up information that was once posted. Either makes the wiki a little less relevant for me. I still haunt the periphery, though. Edit: after saying this, I thought that I would dig a bit deeper. The content that I thought might not be there actually is (though I was only searching for a few things that I had made some edits on long ago): I had to click around to find it. The issue appears to be with the search tool?


Jorge - 2019-12-21 05:26:05

JM you are correct, I think it is the search tool
If you try to find this very same page, the search tool won't find it ;)

Most of the times, I have to use:

 RS site:wiki.tcl-lang.org

from google