From 3f86a3c2af0759a3b06fa27c2cde9975876d3f20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Nilsson <mani@lysator.liu.se>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 04:35:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Perhaps a bit more selling.
Rev: ANNOUNCE:1.12
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ANNOUNCE | 15 +++++++--------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index c3aa4b368a..b3ec1984a2 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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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