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Python Solutions
NEW RELEASE! Optimized Data Science and Machine Learning Packages NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and theano optimized using Intel®‘s Math Kernel Library (MKL) DOWNLOAD ActiveState has been ...
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Perl Solutions
Millions of developers trust Perl for computational and integration tasks: system administration, scripting, running database applications, and more. As an open source programming language, Perl ...
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Top 5 Tips for Managing Open Source Developers: Don’t Forget the Beer Fridge!
Just over 4 years ago I was presented with the privileged opportunity of leading ActiveState as its CEO. I say privileged because ActiveState is comprised ...
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Where Is Tcl Hiding?
In basements, gadgets, and embedded in a multitude of applications, where it is silently humming along, working for many people without them being aware of ...
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Why did we introduce this new Business Edition?
We introduced Business Edition earlier this week, and made some changes to our ActivePerl, ActivePython, and ActiveTcl Community Editions. In this podcast interview on Frugal ...
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ActiveState Launches Business Edition for ActivePerl, ActivePython and ActiveTcl
ActiveState Business Edition integrates commercial-grade ActivePerl, ActivePython and ActiveTcl support with access to platform builds and repositories for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, AIX, Solaris ...
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No More Stale Lunches
They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Well, ActiveState has been giving away ActivePerl, ActivePython and ActiveTcl builds for years, and it’s ...
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What managers don’t know about their developers using open source components
In Jeffrey Hammond’s recent article on Dr. Dobb’s (What Developers Think, January 16, 2010), his survey results highlighted something we have known for some time ...
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“Moderately timely” vulnerability notifications
Secunia reported a “moderately critical” vulnerability in ActivePerl today. It alarmed us until we noticed that they were citing an old ActivePerl 5.10.1.1006 release announcement. ...
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Two reasons why an ActiveState fan uses Komodo!
We love user screencasts! As the guy who does most of the Komodo screencasts around here, I’m always delighted to see one that’s been done ...
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PyPM: A package manager for Python
Package managers are useful things. For language distributions, they simplify the job of finding and installing modules, libraries or extensions for that language. ActivePerl has ...
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Komodo 5.2.0 has been released
Komodo 5.2.0 has been released, you can use Komodo’s Check for Updates menu to launch the auto-update dialog and update your installed Komodo version, or ...
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