[Xotcl] John Ousterhout Featured Speaker at Tcl New & Proven User Conference in New Orleans (Tcl'2013)

[Andreas Kupries]

Founder of Tool Command Language to talk about Tcl Past, Present &
Future

Ann Arbor, MI -- August 16, 2013 -- The Tcl/Tk User Association, which
is celebrating over 20 years of innovation using the Tool Command
Language (Tcl), confirmed today that John Ousterhout will be a
Featured Speaker at the conference in New Orleans, LA from Sept 23-27,
2013.

 Ousterhout is the original developer of the Tcl and Tk programming
language, a combination of the Tool Command Language and the Tk
graphical user interface tookit (Tk).  His presentation will focus on
the evolution of Tcl/Tk from its original language format created at
the University of California Berkeley to the most robust and
easy-to-learn dynamic programming language that seamlessly powers
today's applications. He is also the author of Tcl and the Tk ToolKit
(2nd Edition).

"John started a revolution born out of frustration," says Clif Flynt,
President, Tcl Community Association and author of Tcl/Tk: A
Developer's Guide. "Before Tcl, programmers devised their own
languages that were intended to be embedded into applications. By
creating Tcl/Tk, John created a language for rapid prototyping that
works immediately."

The Tcl New and Proven user conference will feature several Tcl
experts including Jeff Hobbs, Chief Technical Officer at ActiveState,
Gerald Lester, creator of Tcl Web Services and a keynote speech by
Karl Lehenbauer of FlightAware.com.  Programmers attending the
conference will learn the best practices for using Tcl's new
object-oriented commands and widgets as well as seeing new
applications and techniques in the fields ranging from business
applications to health, aerospace and beyond.

"The Tcl New & Proven User Conference will be focusing on innovation
throughout the years," says Flynt. "We are very pleased to have two of
the people who helped create the Tcl we know today at our 20th
conference."

Interested in attending the Tcl conference? Go to
http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2013/ to register. Learn more about
Tcl/Tk by visiting the Tcl Developer Xchange http://www.tcl.tk/ where
you can download Tcl 8.6 and a free trial of TDK 5 (Tcl Dev Kit).

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About Tcl/Tk  (http://www.tcl.tk/)

Celebrating over 20 years of providing rapid prototyping, Tool Command
Language (Tcl) is an open source, robust, powerful and easy-to-learn
dynamic programming language ideal for today's web and desktop
applications, networking, administration, and testing. Tk is a
graphical user interface toolkit that enables the development of
native-looking GUIs on multiple platforms such as Windows, Mac OS X
and Linux. The combination of Tcl and the Tk GUI toolkit is referred
to as Tcl/Tk..
 
The vibrant Tcl user community comes together on the Tcl Developer
Xchange website hosted by ActiveState (http://www.tcl.tk/), which
provides a variety of resources for programmers working with Tcl/Tk to
increase their productivity and share ideas. Worldwide Tcl
conferences, Tcl/Tk downloads and access to the Tcler's Wiki are all
available online at the Tcl Developer Xchange.  The latest books,
tutorials and demos are also accessible from this site along with the
Tcl core development team that steers the ongoing evolution of the
language.


Contact:
Amy Hesser
Hesser Communications Group
amy at hessercommunications.com
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