Results for Author: Tom Radcliffe

Threads Done Right... with Tcl
Threads Done Right… with Tcl
I don’t like threads. They are brittle and dangerous… Even when the languages being used have good thread support (Java and Microsoft C++, for example), ...
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Python vs. C/C++ in Embedded Systems
Python vs C or C ++ in Embedded Systems
Python vs C or C ++ – which programming language is better for embedded programming? The C/C++ programming languages dominate embedded systems programming, though they ...
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Onboarding New Developers: Enforcing Standards Through Tutorials
Getting a new developer up to speed is one of those 80/20 tasks: there is an easy 80% that goes quickly, and a hard 20% ...
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What's Speed Got to Do With It?
What’s speed got to do with it?
“Interpreted languages are slow” is a common myth. Interpreted languages provide an increase in development speed but trade it off for a decrease in runtime ...
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Long Time Perl Hacker Webinar: Q&A
Long-time Perl Hacker Webinar: Q&A
Recently, Jason McIntosh, co-author of “Perl & XML,” and I did a webinar about all things Perl. We wanted to explore the concept of a ...
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Perl 5.24: Improved Performance And Security
Perl 5.24: Improved Performance and Security
If you’re one of the millions of ActivePerl downloaders who want the support we provide in our Perl distribution, ActivePerl 5.24 is now available,with lots ...
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Komodo X: Features and Fairings
The latest release of Komodo IDE has a lot of exciting features: notably remote Chrome debugging, greatly improved support for JavaScript frameworks like Angular, Ember ...
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Enthusiastic Tcl Users
The Oscars celebrate Best Supporting Actor and Actress each year. But programming languages that play a supporting role generally get less credit in the world ...
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I Just Want to Write My Code in Tcl
“I don’t want a pickle, I just want to ride on my motor-cicle” –Arlo Guthrie This is a bit more fanciful than the usual ActiveState blog, ...
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R vs Python: A False Dichotomy
There have been a few articles lately posing the age old question: “Is R or Python a better language to learn for a budding young ...
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Python Cons
Yes, the title of this blog is a three-way pun, although neither Lisp nor conferences will be mentioned. There was a nice article on Quora ...
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Python vs. Java: Duck Typing, Parsing on Whitespace and Other Cool Differences
Python vs. Java: Duck Typing, Parsing on Whitespace and Other Cool Differences
Python has a lot to offer Java developers, and the languages are interesting both in their similarities and their differences. In a prior blog, I discussed ...
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