Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 02:08:24 GMT From: Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: New version of tcl/Tk Message-ID: <199509190208.CAA10663@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au>
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It includes an extension for dynamically loading C code. This is a really good candidate for ports as every person & their respective canines will being porting their extensions to the new architecture. > >This message is to announce new releases of the Tcl scripting language >and the Tk toolkit. The new releases are Tcl 7.5a1 and Tk 4.1a1. > >The most important new feature in these releases is support for PCs >and Macintoshes. Tcl 7.5a1 and Tk 4.1a1 should run on PCs under >Win3.1 (with Win32s), Windows 95, or Windows NT. They should also >run on both PowerMacs and 68K Macs. The releases are fairly complete >functionally, but they still use the Motif look and feel. It will be >6 months or more before native look and feel becomes available for >the PC and Mac. > >Aside from the Mac and PC ports, the main new features are in Tcl, >which now has a "load" command for dynamic loading of binaries and >an "interp" command that allows you to create additional interpreters >and execute untrusted scripts using a generalization of Borenstein's >and Rose's Safe-Tcl. See the "README" and "changes" files in the >distributions for more detail on what has changed. > >The "a1" in the release names indicates that these are the first >"alpha" releases. "Alpha" means that they are likely to have bugs and >we do not promise to maintain backward compatibility between these >releases and the eventual Tcl 7.5 and Tk 4.1 releases (we may make >changes in new features during alpha and beta testing). In spite of >this warning, the Unix versions of Tcl and Tk have very few changes >relative to Tcl 7.4 and Tk 4.0, so we expect them to be fairly stable. > >Where to get the new releases: >------------------------------ > >Tk 4.0b4 and Tcl 7.4b4 are currently available from two FTP servers, >ftp.smli.com (in the directory /pub/tcl) and ftp.cs.berkeley.edu (in >the directory /ucb/tcl). The releases should appear on the usual >mirror sites within a few days. The new releases are in the >files tk4.1a1.tar.gz and tcl7.5a1.tar.gz (there are also .Z versions >of these files). There is also a binary release for the PC in >win41a1.exe. This file contains compiled versions of Tcl, Tk, and >wish, along with libraries, demos, and manual pages (but no sources). >The file is a self-extracting executable (run it and it installs >everything). > >There will be a binary Macintosh release soon, but it isn't available >yet (Ray Johnson is out of town for a week). We'll make another >announcement as soon as Ray gets back in town and cuts the binaries. > >For additional information: >--------------------------- > >There is a set of Web pages on Tcl and Tk maintained by the Tcl/Tk >group at Sun Laboratories. They can be accessed via the following >URL: > http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcl > >Credits: >-------- > >Although I'm posting this message, I had little to do with the new >additions except for the "load" command. Credit for the PC port goes to >Scott Stanton (scott.stanton@eng.sun.com) and credit for the Macintosh >port goes to Ray Johnson (raymond.johnson@eng.sun.com). Bug reports >should go to them (or, better yet, to comp.lang.tcl). The new "interp" >command is the handiwork of Jacob Levy (jacob.levy@eng.sun.com).
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