newLISP running with TclDevKit 3.0

[HPW]

I had download the evaluation release of TclDevKit 3.0 with ActiveStates TclTk 8.4.5. (21 days for evaluation)



http://www.activestate.com/Products/Tcl_Dev_Kit/?_x=1">http://www.activestate.com/Products/Tcl_Dev_Kit/?_x=1



I tried to wrapp and compile newLISP TK frontend with TclApp with success.



It is a alternative to the freewrap utility, but of cource its price is 295$.

But you get a lot of tools for professional development.

And it is easy to use with a graphical frontend.



Differences to the freewrap version:



Embeded files are not a zip-compatible filesystem they are in the metakit-database. (Not accessible for average user)

User defined icon for all TCL windows.

1.15 MB instead of 2 MB filesize for newlisp-tk.exe. (RAM usage is higher)

Compiled bytecode of TCL is unreadable for software protection.

Support for the latest TCL/TK release 8.4.5.



It is a serious tool for serious development.(like newLISP) ;-)

[HPW]

Tcl Dev Kit 3.2 is released:



http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/TDK/Release.html">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/TDK/Release.html



For me the most interesting news was:



Added a new tab Kit Info allowing the editing of the string information embedded in Windows executables (Copyright, Version, ...)