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PIKE 7.5 ANNOUNCEMENT
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Pike is an interpreted, object-oriented programming language with a syntax reminiscent of C and Java, and freely available and distributable
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Some Pike highlights:
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+ Freely distributable under GPL
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+ Freely distributable under GPL
, LGPL and MPL
+ Interpreted - no compilation and linking needed to run code + Object Oriented - straightforward and powerful object orientation, including multiple inheritance + Modular - extendible with modules written in C or Pike + Powerful - high-level language, concise code
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+ Incremental - allows on-the-fly modifications and recompilations
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+ Source Code Available - promoting sharing of useful code + Portable - Platform independent and available on most common
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flavors of Unix, as well as Windows.
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flavors of Unix, as well as Windows
and Amiga OS
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+ Powerful, Flexible and Efficient Data Types + Automatic Memory Management + Scalable - as useful for small scripts as for powerful and
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various useful purposes. Among these are: + Image processing with support for several graphic file
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formats (such as JPEG,
PNM
, PNG,
TIFF
and
IFF
), and
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formats (such as JPEG,
GIF
, PNG,
Photoshop
and
Gimp
), and
numerous image manipulation functions + Cryptographic functions, including SSL support + Database interface to several common SQL databases,
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including MySQL and Oracle
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including MySQL
,
ODBC
and Oracle
+ Embedding interfaces for Java and Perl
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Some other modules include support for
MIME
, Gz,
Gmp,
Gdbm, GTK,
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XML, and
regular expressions
.
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Some other modules include support for
OpenGL
, Gz, Gdbm, GTK,
XML,
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DVB
and
SDL
.