From 166f1eb93224acd22f28d04901d018adec197c92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leif Stensson <leif@lysator.liu.se> Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:47:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] The old ANNOUNCE file was getting obsolete in some ways, and tended to digress into topics that really belonged in a readme or similar, so here is a new and more to-the-point ANNOUNCE file. (The old feature list is largely retained with some layout adjustments.) Rev: ANNOUNCE:1.10 --- .gitattributes | 1 + ANNOUNCE | 159 +++++++++++-------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 123 deletions(-) diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes index a1cc098995..b7743da340 100644 --- a/.gitattributes +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ testfont binary # Files containing CVS ids follow. # Remove the corresponding line before committing # changes to these files. +/ANNOUNCE foreign_ident /Makefile foreign_ident /bin/export.pike foreign_ident /bin/extract.pike foreign_ident diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 6a802b10e3..62cca3511b 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,23 +1,9 @@ -Pike 7.3 developer version +PIKE 7.X ANNOUNCEMENT +$Id: ANNOUNCE,v 1.10 2002/04/06 20:47:09 leif Exp $ -While still young, Pike matured over the last few years, and -development is co-ordinated by a team at Roxen Internet Software AB. -Pike is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It is, and -will continue to be, freely distributed. Briefly, this means that you are -free to use and modify the source code in any way you please, see the -file COPYING for details. Roxen Internet Software maintains the right -to the brand name and the copyright, guaranteeing that Pike will be -continuously developed and enhanced, and remain free software. - -Pike is easily learned, and just as easily used to develop powerful -applications. Pike is designed to be useful and powerful. As the -syntax of Pike is similar to that of C, most programmers will find it -easy to use. As Pike is a high-level, interpreted and modular -object-oriented language, powerful applications can be rapidly -developed. Pike has evolved rather than been designed. The changes to -Pike that have been made have been guided by its users' needs. In -general, the better you get to know Pike, the more you will appreciate -it, from a users perspective. +Pike is an interpreted, object-oriented programming language with a +syntax reminiscent of C and Java, and freely available and distributable +under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Pike is just as suitable for intricate and large applications as for creating use-once scripts. When needed, you can also write @@ -26,110 +12,37 @@ libraries. This is transparent to the module's users; the modules written in C and those written in Pike are accessed in exactly the same way. -A list of pros and cons with Pike follows: +Some Pike highlights: - + General Purpose Programming Language - + Freely distributed under GPL - + Interpreted - No compilation and linking needed to run code - + Object Oriented - Straightforward and powerful object + + Freely distributable under GPL + + 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 - To promote sharing of useful code - + Portable - Platform independent and available on most flavors of Unix - At present the following platforms are supported: - - Solaris 2.5.1 & up (Sun SPARC & Intel x86) - Tru64 - AIX 4.3, 5L - IRIX 6.5 - FreeBSD 4.0 - HP-UX 11.00 - Linux Red Hat 4.2, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1 and others (Intel x86) - - + Powerful, Flexible and Efficient Data Types - + Automatic Memory Management - + Scalable - as useful for small scripts as for powerful and + + 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. + + Powerful, Flexible and Efficient Data Types + + Automatic Memory Management + + Scalable - as useful for small scripts as for powerful and complex applications. - + Text Processing - e.g. for filtering - + Exception Handling - + Multi-Threaded Application Development Possible - -How Pike relates to other programming languages: - - + Optimized - Faster run-times than Perl, Python, tcl and Java - + Faster Development than using C or C++ - + C-like Syntax - Easy to learn - -Below you will find a list of some desired but missing features, or -cons, of Pike. Pike is still under development and the goal is to -incorporate those in future versions. - - - No Pike native compiler or debugger available - - Not optimal for heavy numeric processing jobs - - Limited range of special effect image filters for image - processing - - -Some successful applications using Pike include: - - + Network Applications - as Client/Server applications - e.g. the Roxen Challenger Server and a range of server extensions - Mail Gateways - Client/server Protocol Implementations - Multi-User-Dungeons - + System Administration Tools & Utilities - Even as quick one-shots - e.g. adduser or adddomain scripts that setup users/domains - Real-time Client/Server Status Monitor - + Assorted Text Processing Utilities - + CGI Programs - -Pike is distributed accompanied by a set of modules, some of which are -described below. - - -Image - Image Processing Module - -The Image module lets you perform common image manipulation and -processing operations from Pike programs. The supported operations -include cutting and pasting, scaling, rotation, linear filtering of -most kinds, rendering text, etc. Anti-aliasing can be used when -performing any kind of drawing operation. Using the Image module, you -can automate jobs that would otherwise have required tedious work in -an interactive image processing program such as Adobe PhotoShop. - - -Sql - Interface to SQL Databases - -The SQL interface makes it possible to use common SQL databases from -within your applications. It includes support for mSQL, MySQL, Postgres, -Oracle and ODBC. - - -MIME - Multimedia Internet Mail Extension Module - -This module makes it easy to create and decode e-mail, including -attachments. - - -Gz - Data Compression Module - -With this module you can compress data. Its name is slightly -misleading, as it uses ZLIB. ZLIB uses the same compression algorithm -as gzip, but the format for the compressed data is not compatible with -gzip. - - -Crypto - Cryptographic Toolkit - -The crypto toolkit is a set of objects implementing various -cryptographic algorithms, as well as objects used to glue the other -objects together. The toolkit includes block ciphers AES, IDEA, DES -(including tripple DES) and CAST, the RC4 stream cipher, the hash -functions MD5 and SHA, and the public key cryptography algorithm -RSA. It also includes a some randomness sources. - -The toolkit can be used for most kinds of cryptographic applications, -including encrypted network connections, as well as encryption of -files or other data. + + Text Processing - e.g. for filtering + + Exception Handling + + Multi-Threaded Application Development Possible + + Easy-to-Learn C-like Syntax + +The standard Pike distribution comes with a number of modules for +various useful purposes. Among these are: + + + Image processing with support for several graphic file + formats (such as JPEG, PNM, PNG, TIFF and IFF), and + numerous image manipulation functions + + Cryptographic functions, including SSL support + + Database interface to several common SQL databases, + including MySQL and Oracle + + Embedding interfaces for Java and Perl + +Some other modules include support for MIME, Gz, Gmp, Gdbm, GTK, +XML, and regular expressions. -- GitLab