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ActiveState Discontinues VisualPerl/Python

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the somebody-somewhere-freaks-out dept.

Noiser writes "ActiveState discontinues VisualPerl and VisualPython for Windows. Demand doesn't justify further development, they say. No, they don't mean to open-source these products, due to licensing problems with the inseparable MS Visual Studio integration code. Back to vi/Notepad/Komodo, then..."

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  1. Re:They what? Oh.... by adisakp · · Score: 1, Redundant

    For a second there, I thought they were discontinuing ActivePerl and almost got angry.

    FWIW, there is a perl package in cygwin. If ActivePerl went away, you'd still be able to run perl scripts under windows with a free (as in beer) tool. The cygwin stuff is also "Free" (as in speech) as well.