Re: are tclcompiler and tbcload maintained?

Earl Grieda wrote:
> "Michael Schlenker" <schlenk@uni-oldenburg.de> wrote in message
> news:d7f4o1$jh$1@newssrv2.hrz.uni-oldenburg.de...
>>Tiago Dionizio wrote:
>>>I wanted to use the tclcompiler and tbcload packages from tclpro - i
>>>know tclpro is no longer being maintained - but i was wondering if
>>>someone is maintaining those 2 packages independently.

>>>So.. question is.. will tclcompiler/tbcload be updated to allow using
>>>the packages from Tcl8.5?
>>
>>As tbcload and tclcompiler are nowadays supported as part of
>>ActiveStates commercial TDK I doubt the tclcompiler will see the
>>updates, but probably the tbcload will..., at least i do not know
>>anybody working on the tclpro project besides Andreas Kupries from
>>ActiveState..., and as they have commercial interest in the
>>compiler...go figure
>
> Since I just purchased this compiler (seems okay so far with 8.4.5) I would
> certainly hope, amd expect, that it supports 8.5 in the future.
> Additionally, now that I have purchased it I would hope that these updates
> are free, or at least a minimal cost.

As always, ActiveState products are free upgrades for minor
version updates (you buy 3.x, all 3.x' are included). We
are not planning to add support for 8.5 at the compiler and
bytecode loader until it gets close to final (it is
currently in alpha - with more bytecode changes expected).
Whether this will all be done before TDK reaches another
major version milestone is uncertain (depends on the
progress of 8.5 towards final).

-- 
   Jeff Hobbs, The Tcl Guy
   http://www.ActiveState.com/, a division of Sophos