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Commit 3f86a3c2 authored by Martin Nilsson's avatar Martin Nilsson
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Perhaps a bit more selling.

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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
......@@ -14,16 +14,15 @@ same way.
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
......@@ -37,12 +36,12 @@ 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
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.
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