ActiveState Releases Tcl Dev Kit 4.0.Popular Tcl Deployment Toolkit Enhances Code Analysis and Adds Support for Mac OS X and Tcl 8.5 VANCOUVER, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography -- ActiveState, the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages, today announced the release of Tcl Dev Kit (TDK TDK Türk Dil Kurumu (Turkish Language Council) TDK The Dark Knights (gaming clan) TDK Tokyo Denkikagaku Kogyo KK (TDK Electronics Co. Ltd. ) 4.0, the multi-platform toolkit for creating and deploying professional Tcl applications. TDK provides essential tools for building self-contained, installation-free executables to Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. and HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. . The comprehensive feature set also includes a powerful graphical debugger Software that helps a programmer debug a program by stopping at certain breakpoints and displaying various programming elements. The programmer can step through source code statements one at a time while the corresponding machine instructions are being executed. , profiling and analysis tools for code optimization, a pre-compiler to obfuscate To make unclear or confuse. See obfuscator and e-mail obfuscator. source code and a service manager for converting Tcl programs to Windows services. TDK 4.0 introduces support for Mac OS X and Solaris x86, providing new users with sophisticated tools for bundling Tcl source code and extensions into executables, starkits or starpacks. All users benefit from their preferred interface with a choice of new cross-platform themed UIs or command-line access to build and configuration options. "Tcl Dev Kit 4.0 is designed for professionals who care about quality," said Steve Landers, Senior Consultant, Digital Smarties Smarties may refer to:
The release also features enhanced support for TEA (Tcl Extension Archive) Package Management, with a complete suite of tools for creating, exporting, managing and using Tcl extensions. TclChecker, a powerful batch mode code analyzer that uncovers errors in scripts before they are run, has been extended, making it easier to find problems in new scripts, scripts from older versions of Tcl/Tk or scripts ported from another operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Additionally, compiler support has been extended to Tcl 8.5, providing obfuscation ob·fus·cate tr.v. ob·fus·cat·ed, ob·fus·cat·ing, ob·fus·cates 1. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: "A great effort was made . . . for Tcl/Tk applications built with the current Tcl release. "Tcl Dev Kit is an extremely versatile toolkit," says Jeff Hobbs, lead Tcl developer. "Developers who have long relied on TclApp to deliver their applications are now turning to TDK for finding and fixing bugs, managing complex code bases and optimizing their programs. These tools make Tcl application development and deployment fast and easy." ActiveState also distributes ActiveTcl, the complete, ready-to-install Tcl distribution for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX, and ActiveTcl Enterprise Edition, a support and software subscription for organizations that rely on Tcl to power mission-critical systems. More information on ActiveState's Tcl solutions is at: http://www.activestate.com/tcl. Availability Tcl Dev Kit 4.0 is available now, with special release pricing of $245 until June 17, 2007 (regular price: $295). Upgrade pricing and education licenses are available. TDK is available at http://www.activestate.com/tdk. TDK is also offered with ActiveTcl Pro Studio, the professional Tcl development bundle that also includes Komodo IDE 4 -- a powerful multi-platform IDE with advanced Tcl support -- and Safari Books Online. A one-year subscription including software upgrades is $495, available at: http://www.activestate.com/activetclprostudio. About ActiveState ActiveState is the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages such as JavaScript, 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 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. , Ruby and Tcl. Millions of developers rely on ActiveState's cross-platform, professional development tools, high-quality language distributions, and enterprise services. ActiveState is owned by its employees and Pender Financial Group, a publicly traded investment company focused on technology and healthcare sectors in British Columbia. Learn more at http://www.activestate.com. (c) 2007 ActiveState Software Inc. All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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