Vancouver, B.C., 2007/12/20
ActiveState is pleased to announce the release of ActiveTcl
8.5, in
conjunction with the official release by the Tcl Core Team
of version
8.5.0 of the Tcl dynamic language and the Tk GUI toolkit.
Over four
years in development, this release is a major advance over
earlier versions.
Tcl is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic programming
language,
suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web and
desktop
applications, networking, administration, testing and many
more.
ActiveTcl is the industry-standard Tcl distribution,
available for
Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX.
"We are are pleased to release a faster, smarter and
more powerful
version of ActiveTcl." says Jeff Hobbs, Senior Tcl
Developer and
Director of the Languages Business Division at ActiveState,
"Developers
will benefit from new core support for arbitrary-precision
integers, a
new theming engine and widgets, and numerous other changes
to better
integrate existing language features in more cohesive
ways".
ActiveTcl 8.5 offers both improved performance and new
programmer
conveniences. Already based on a high-performance
byte-compiled runtime,
ActiveTcl 8.5 now runs 10% faster than the previous version,
due to
bytecode optimizations, object caching and reduced memory
usage.
Developers will also benefit from richer time and date tools
including
year-2038 compliance, and a new and simpler module packaging
standard.
Numerous other changes better integrate existing language
features in
more cohesive ways.
ActiveTcl 8.5 can be downloaded free from
http:/
/www.ActiveState.com/Products/activetcl/
About ActiveTcl
Complete and ready-to-install, the free ActiveTcl
distribution includes
core Tcl, popular extensions, the Tcl Package Manager
(TEApot), and
complete documentation. ActiveTcl is 100% compatible with
the reference
distribution of Tcl. Code tested with ActiveTcl will run on
any Tcl
installation that has the appropriate extensions installed.
For more information, visit http://www.Activ
eState.com/ActiveTcl
About ActiveState
ActiveState creates professional software development tools,
programming
language distributions and business solutions for dynamic
languages, and
practical tools and applications for social networking
platforms.
ActiveState solves complex problems and produces cool and
useful
applications that help people live more productive and
enjoyable lives.
ActiveState technology "just works." ActiveState
is owned by its
employees and Pender Financial Group, a publicly traded
investment
company focused on technology in British Columbia.
For more information, visit http://www.ActiveState.com
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