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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 16:21:57 -0700
From: Eric Melski <ericm@pop.scriptics.com>
To: tcl-announce@mitchell.org
Subject: ANNOUNCE: tcllib 0.3 release


WHAT:   tcllib 0.3, the standard Tcl library
 
WHERE:  http://dev.scriptics.com/software/tcllib/

	ftp://ftp.scriptics.com/pub/tcl/tcllib/tcllib0.3.zip
	ftp://ftp.scriptics.com/pub/tcl/tcllib/tcllib0.3.tar.gz

 	in CVS see http://dev.scriptics.com/software/tcltk/netcvs.html
 	module name is "tcllib"
 
REQUIREMENTS:   Tcl/Tk8.2+, no compiling is required

Tcllib, the standard Tcl library, is a collection of common utility
functions and modules.  This is a pre-1.0 alpha release.  The intent is to
encourage further use, discussion, and contribution to the library.  In
particular, this release includes INSTALL.BAT/install.sh files, for those
users who have wanted to try out the library but who do not have CVS or
configure/make capability.

MODULES INCLUDED:
  * base64: a base64 encoder and decoder
  * cmdline: a command line argument processor similar to opt
  * fileutil: Tcl implementations of some standard Unix utilities
  * math: common math functions like min, max, and others
  * mime: a MIME encoder and decoder
  * ncgi: a new CGI processing module
  * pop3: a POP3 protocol implementation
  * profiler: a function level Tcl source code profiler
  * struct: Tcl implementations of common data structures (tree, graph,
    etc)

Eric Melski                    The Other Tcl Guy
ericm at scriptics.com         Scriptics Corporation