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Why Use Custom Perl Environments? For Security, Compliance & Portability.

Custom Perl environments that contain the minimum set of dependencies for a project reduce vulnerability incidents, improve license compliance, and lower maintenance costs.

Universal Package Managers? Meet the State Tool

Written in Go, the State Tool is designed to (ultimately) be a cross-platform, universal package manager for dynamic open source language runtimes.

Goodbye PPM, Hello State Tool

Our Perl Package Manager (PPM) is being phased out as we move forward with a new and improved solution for Perl package management. With the release of ActivePerl 5.28, PPM is no longer supported; however, its functionality is being replaced by the ActiveState Platform and the State Tool.

Text Manipulation with Perl (Pre-built Runtime)

Perl has often been called the swiss army knife of scripting languages, but one of the most common use cases…

Dave Rolsky to Lead 4 Speaking Sessions at The Perl Conference 2018

The Perl Conference is taking place this summer from Sunday, June 17 through Friday, June 22. I’ll be there presenting…

Rejoice! ActivePerl 5.26 Released, Plus 5.24 and 5.22 Updates

I’m pleased to announce that we have released today, not only the latest and greatest Perl 5 version to date,…

Choosing the Right Programming Language for Your Enterprise

It’s becoming a common adage that every company is a tech company. As customer expectations have shifted in a “digital-first”…

Code Recipes Now On Github – 5,000+ Recipes for Python, Perl, Ruby and More

For more than a decade, ActiveState has hosted a vast repository of code recipes and discussions over at https://code.activestate.com/ –…

Upgrading Perl to a Modern Version: the ActiveState Guide

Thinking of upgrading? We highly recommend moving to Perl 5.32, which offers native support for virtual environments, built-in dependency management,…