Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 05:41:26 -0600 (CST) Subject: Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Nov 27) A frequent question of programmers that port software from a system where you can count on /usr/lib/sendmail to Windows platforms: How to send e-mail on Windows? There are many solutions! http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=695274779 The debate on including [incr Tcl] into the core continues: Chris Fugate launches a discussion introducing 'frames' instead of objects. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=695820083 Finally, TclPro has been fully placed into the open source domain! http://sourceforge.net/projects/tclpro For the Newbies: Tcl's expression parser and math functions sometimes forces you to be very aware of what's happening. Here is an example involving the difference of round() and int() functions. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=695944700 The powers of for: 4^4 = 256 reasons why Tcl's 'for' control structure is as powerful or even more powerful than for-loops of C/C++/Java (and we didn't talk about foreach yet). http://deja.com/=dnc/viewthread.xp?AN=696251864 Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: The "Welcome to comp.lang.tcl" message by Andreas Kupries http://www.westend.com/~kupries/c.l.t.welcome.html Larry Virden maintains a comp.lang.tcl FAQ launcher http://www.purl.org/NET/Tcl-FAQ/ Scriptics maintains a highly organized Tcl resource center http://dev.scriptics.com/resource/ They also keep info to convince your boss Tcl is a good thing http://dev.scriptics.com/scripting/ Mark Harrison publishes summaries of Tcl Core Team (TCT) activity http://tcltk.com/docs/tct/ NeoSoft has a comp.lang.tcl contributed sources archive http://www.neosoft.com/tcl/contributed-software/ Cameron Laird tracks many Tcl/Tk references of interest http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/comp.lang.tcl/ Cetus Links maintains a Tcl/Tk page with verified links http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html Findmail archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts http://www.egroups.com/list/tcl_announce/ Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/tcl/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.tcl%20Tcl-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday, ask<claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe. Be sure to mention "Tcl-URL!". -- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Tcl-URL!" project.