ActiveState Announces Release of Faster, Smarter and More Powerful ActiveTcl 8.5
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 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 here 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 www.ActiveState.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 www.ActiveState.com.
Contact Information
For media inquiries or access to the ActiveState Media Center, contact:
Kendra Penrose
Languages Marketing Lead, ActiveState
1.778.786.1134
KendraP@ActiveState.com
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