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2003-04-07

2003-04-07 02:35:55 by Martin Nilsson <mani@lysator.liu.se>

Perhaps a bit more selling.

Rev: ANNOUNCE:1.12

1:   PIKE 7.5 ANNOUNCEMENT - $Id: ANNOUNCE,v 1.11 2003/03/19 20:22:56 nilsson Exp $ + $Id: ANNOUNCE,v 1.12 2003/04/07 02:35:55 nilsson Exp $      Pike is an interpreted, object-oriented programming language with a   syntax reminiscent of C and Java, and freely available and distributable
14:      Some Pike highlights:    -  + Freely distributable under GPL +  + 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 -  + Incremental - allows on-the-fly modifications and recompilations +     + Source Code Available - promoting sharing of useful code    + Portable - Platform independent and available on most common -  flavors of Unix, as well as Windows. +  flavors of Unix, as well as Windows and Amiga OS.    + Powerful, Flexible and Efficient Data Types    + Automatic Memory Management    + Scalable - as useful for small scripts as for powerful and
37:   various useful purposes. Among these are:       + Image processing with support for several graphic file -  formats (such as JPEG, PNM, PNG, TIFF and IFF), and +  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, -  including MySQL and Oracle +  including MySQL, ODBC and Oracle    + Embedding interfaces for Java and Perl    - Some other modules include support for MIME, Gz, Gmp, Gdbm, GTK, - XML, and regular expressions. + Some other modules include support for OpenGL, Gz, Gdbm, GTK, XML, + DVB and SDL.