ActiveState Releases ActivePython 2.0 to the Community: Most Comprehensive Cross-Platform Distribution Available.Business Editors & Technology Writers VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2000 ActiveState, the leading provider of Internet programming software and services announces that ActivePython 2.0 is available for download. ActivePython is ActiveState's free binary distribution Binary distribution is when a country has 2 or more dominant cities (megacities). [1] Countries with binary distribution
"We're delighted to bring the same high level of quality and reliability to the Python community that we have for Perl programmers," said Dick Hardt Dick Hardt (May 28, 1963) is the founder and CEO of Sxip Identity. He is an advocate of Identity 2.0. Hardt has spoken at tech events such as Web 2.0, Supernova, Digital ID World, ETech, OSCON, PICNIC, W3C, ISOC, Anti-Phishing Working Group, at New York University (NYU), , Founder & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , ActiveState. "We're fully committed to increasing Python's already fast growth rate with a host of user-friendly Python products and services such as ActivePython, Python for .NET, Visual Python, and PythonDirect." "I'm happy to see multiple sources of Python distributions and I'm glad to see that ActiveState is supporting and promoting Python. I hope that ActivePython will further contribute to Python's accessibility, making it available to a whole new category of programmers," said Guido van Rossum Guido van Rossum is a Dutch computer programmer who is best known as the author of the Python programming language. In the Python community, Van Rossum is known as a "Benevolent Dictator for Life", meaning that he continues to oversee the Python development process, making , creator of Python. ActivePython 2.0 Features: -- Cross-platform installer for Linux, Solaris, and Windows -- Integrated support for Windows APIs -- Online documentation -- Precompiled extension libraries -- PythonCOM support -- PythonWin development environment "The Win32 extensions for Python helps us build scalable multi-threaded server applications," said John Demelis, R&D Manager, 80-20 Software. "The PythonWin editor and debugger save us loads of time in the creation of our knowledge management software. "Python has always been easy to learn but it can be hard to find, compile and install extensions modules. Our release integrates extensions optimized for our target platforms of Linux, Solaris and Windows. For example we have built-in support for XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. parsing See parse. parsing - parser , textual and graphical user interfaces, audio and more. On Windows, we ship with Mark Hammond's famous extension that access the entire Windows API including COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , ASP, ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. and MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) An application framework for writing Microsoft C/C++ and Visual C++ applications. See application framework. MFC - Microsoft Foundation Class . The PythonWin development environment completes the package. ActivePython extends Python's 'batteries included' philosophy," said Paul Prescod, ActivePython 2.0 Project Lead. About ActiveState: ActiveState is at the forefront of open source infrastructure software, providing Internet programming products and services for all popular operating systems including Linux, Solaris, and Windows. ActiveState's key technology platforms are Perl, the Internet's most popular programming language and Python, a user-friendly scripting language. ActiveState solutions provide enterprise-wide deployment of Perl and Python, improved programmer productivity, and seamless integration with other technologies. ActiveState believes in the evolution of core Perl and Python technologies and is committed to broadening the appeal of Perl and Python by making available easy to install packages for popular operating systems. For more information visit http://www.ActiveState.com. (c) ActiveState Tool Corp 2000. ActiveState and ActivePython are trademarks of ActiveState Tool Corp. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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