Tcl/Tk & Google Summer of Code

See Tcl/Tk GSoC 2009 in a pill at http://tinyurl.com/tcl-gsoc2009

Tcl/Tk community is again accepted as mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code (aka GSoC 2009).
You can find us at the GSoC 2009 website as Tcl Community Association

Tcl community project ideas for GSoC 2009 are located at the Tcler's Wiki at http://wiki.tcl.tk/22182

Students and Mentors should join tcl-gsoc at lists dot sourceforge dot net mailing list by visiting https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tcl-gsoc

So if you are a student interested in getting paid $4500 to develop open source software for 12 weeks using Tcl/Tk, we encourage you to apply. It is mostly about coding in C and/or Tcl - prior Tcl/Tk knowledge is a plus but not a requirement.

The deadline to submit student application for GSoC 2009 scholarship is April 3rd: 12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC so there is not much time left.

Why should you want to do this? Tcl/Tk is perhaps the most mature of the dynamic languages, dating back to 1988. The evolution of the language over the last 20 years has been marked by passionate preservation of the balance between maintaining simplicity and utility with the adoption of new ideas and new techniques based on accumulated experience.

Tcl/Tk is used in a number of prominent software systems including DejaGnu (e.g. used for testing the GCC compiler & GDB debugger), Expect, SQLite and AOLserver. The language is used by many scientific organizations including NASA as well as being used extensively in the commerical and financial sectors.

The worldwide community of Tcl/Tk developers is certainly one of the most important assets available. This large and helpful community is a constant source of ideas, code samples, extensions, applications, and technical support.