Fresh Tcl and Tcl Dev Kit
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And now the Tcl news you've been waiting for...
Fresh Tcl
Announcing ActiveTcl 8.4.15, a core patch-level release of the complete, ready-to-install Tcl distribution for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX; and ActiveTcl 8.5.0 Beta 8, based on the upcoming Tcl/Tk 8.5 release.
Module updates:
- Updated Tcl/Tk core to 8.4.15 + patches
- Added TLS (OpenSSL interface) extension
- Updated Expect to v5.44.1
- Updated Sqlite to v3.4.0
- Updated tkcon to v2.5 with extended docs
TEApot Repository updates
- Added author names and URLs to metadata for many packages
- Enhanced [teacup list] command to use case-insensitive substring search when first nothing was found
- Added [teacup verify] and [teapot-admin verify] commands with checks of repository integrity
Download ActiveTcl 8.4.15.
Greetings and salutations from OSCON!
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Here's the most important news from the expo floor: the swag and nosh report. The most coveted t-shirt is surely the vibrant orange Mozilla shirt, although I'm not sure how it'll look with everyone's hangovers tomorrow (post-Mozilla party). Intel wins the swish booth award, with massive printed scrims hanging from the ceiling and—far too close to the ActiveState booth—a supply of Ben & Jerry's ice-cream bars. Speaking of food, the conference food is good this year. Yes, you heard me right: it's good. No suspicious giant sandwiches in a box.
So it sounds like all I've been doing is eating and gathering swag, right? Well, almost. I've been speaking to lots of people at the booth, mostly answering questions about ActiveState and Komodo. As per my RailsConf report, here are the answers to the top 10 questions asked:
- "So, I tried Komodo, ages ago. What's new?" Whoa! Where to start... Since
OSCON, Day 2 (ish)
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Some folks are seriously straggling this morning and the line-up at Starbucks is lengthy. The character in the pink skirt and floppy hat with balloon breasts is looking to be in fine form again this morning, although the clothes can't be so fresh after last night's Sun party in some wacky carpeted hotel parking lot. I arrived a little late for it and missed the action, I think (I assume there was more action before I got there), but there was a healthy crowd. The Mozilla party had a great band playing—Menomena, from Portland—so we hit it first. Tuesday night was a late one for me—sharing lots of red wine with the folks from Social Text—so I called it a bit earlier last night,
Our Komodo demo CDs arrived this morning, so we're back in business today. We've also got a new case study up on our website. David Brewer and his t
Opportunity knocks at ActiveState
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I'm not neglecting the blog because I'm indulging in lengthy holidays; nope, just the opposite. It's chaos at ActiveState. Post-OSCON work to do, and we need more people to help us do it. We're scheming some outrageously neat stuff and we've got to add to our team.
I know September seems like a reasonable time to make a transition in your life, leaves changing and schools starting and all that noise, but forget that cliche and try this one on for size: the early bird gets the worm! Hear ye, hear ye: get your new job now! ActiveState is hiring:
Sales and Marketing
Technical
YA YAPC
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Yet another Yet Another Perl Conference, this one in euros.
What: YAPC::Europe
Where: Vienna, Austria
When: August 28-30
"YAPC" stands for Yet Another Perl Conference and is a
series of low-cost, grassroot conference organized by
local Perl user groups. YAPC::Europe is the biggest Perl
conference in Europe, and this year's conference is
guaranteed to be amazing, with a stellar line-up of Perl
gurus: Larry Wall (creator of Perl), Damian Conway,
Audrey Tang, and Mark Jason Dominus. Check out these
big-name speakers for a super-low price: regular
attendance costs just 100 Euros or 80 Euros for
students! That's a great deal for three packed days of
talks and events. ActiveState is proud to be a sponsor
of this
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