ActiveState Launches ActivePerl, ActivePython & ActiveTcl for Mac OS X version 10.4 ''Tiger''; ActiveState's World-Renowned Open Source Language Distributions are Free to the Developer Community.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- ActiveState, a leading provider of developer tools and services for dynamic languages, today announced the release of ActiveState's ActivePerl, ActivePython & ActiveTcl open source language distributions for Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger." ActiveState's language distributions are world-renowned as the most complete, best maintained, and easiest to use cross-platform language solutions in the market. The three new distributions for Tiger offer the same innovative features, quality assurances and seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. that have made ActiveState the industry-standard and number one resource for open source language distributions. Since their launch eight years ago, millions of developers have relied upon ActiveState's quality assured open source language distributions worldwide. "The demand for ActiveState's languages and developer tools for Tiger is intense," says David Ascher, ActiveState's Chief Technologist. "Our initiative starts with the launch of ActivePerl, ActivePython and ActiveTcl to meet the developer need for up-to-date and maintained distributions on the Mac OS X platform. Our commitment continues with a beta release See beta version. this summer of our Komodo IDE ported to Tiger." "Hundreds of breakthrough features make Tiger the most advanced OS in the world," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We are thrilled to see ActiveState providing ActivePerl, ActivePython and ActiveTcl to create a best-of-breed open source productivity environment for script developers on Mac OS X." ActiveState's language distributions enable Mac programmers to keep their Perl, Python Python, in Greek mythology Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent. In some myths the infant Apollo slew Python at the oracle of Gaea in Delphi; in others Apollo killed the serpent in order to claim the oracle for himself. & Tcl packages seamlessly up-to-date. ActivePerl contains core Perl, the Perl Package Manager Perl Package Manager (PPM) is a Perl utility intended to simplify the tasks of locating, installing, upgrading and removing software packages. It can determine if the most recent version of a software package is installed on a system, and can install or upgrade that (PPM) for installing CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) The source for knowledge, software and documentation for the Perl programming language. For more information, visit www.cpan.org. See Perl. CPAN - Comprehensive Perl Archive Network packages, popular modules, and complete online help. ActivePython ships with a wealth of documentation for both new and experienced Python programmers. ActiveTcl delivers Tcl, Tk and the essential modules for Tcl programming. ActiveState's language distributions allow programmers to develop across platforms with quality assured standards on Mac OS X (10.3 and 10.4), Linux, Solaris and Windows. ActivePerl, ActivePython & ActiveTcl are provided free to the community as part of ActiveState's support for dynamic languages. Pricing & Availability ActivePerl, ActivePython & ActiveTcl are immediately available as free downloads from www.ActiveState.com/Languages. ActiveState offers OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and licensing for including ActivePerl, ActivePython or ActiveTcl with your products, services and publications. Contact Sales@ActiveState.com for OEM license inquires. About ActiveState ActiveState is the leading provider of tools for dynamic languages such as Perl, PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) A scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. With syntax from C, Java and Perl, PHP code is embedded within HTML pages for server side execution. , Python, Tcl and XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation) Software that converts an XML document into another format such as HTML, PDF or text. It may also be used to convert one XML document to another XML document with a different set of XML tags (different schema). . Millions of developers rely on ActiveState's professional development tools, high-quality language distributions and enterprise services. www.ActiveState.com (C) 2005 ActiveState, a division of Sophos All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners |
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