The focus of this category is on the Pike programming language. Pike is an interpreted, high-level, cross-platform, dynamic, general-purpose language.
Available as free software, Pike is licensed under the General Public License, Lesser General Public License, and Mozilla Public License. Its roots are in LPC, an object-oriented programming language that was developed to power MUDs. A group of Swedish programmers separated the language and virtual machine from the MUD driver and used it to develop a rapid prototyping language for various applications naming it LPC4. As LPC's license prohibited it from being used for commercial purposes, a new GPL implementation was created and named µLPC (micro LPC).
In 1996, it was given the more commercially viable name, Pike. Originally, a proprietary language owned by Roxen Internet Software, the programming environment laboratory at Linköping University took over the responsibility for the language from Roxen in 2002, releasing the language under its current licensure.
Several Pike developers are employed by Opera Software, where the language plays a role in the server portion of its Opera Mini application.
Websites focused on the language are appropriate for this category. This may include any editors or tools designed for use with the language, or any Pike user groups or tutorials.
Recommended Resources
Maintained by the Pike user community, the site highlights resources pertaining to the Pike programming language. Included is an introduction to the language, a module repository, mailing list archives, and a user wiki that offers an installation guide, tutorials, a guide to getting support, finding applications written in Pike, and links to other Pike-related tools and resources, such as modules and third-party tutorials and tools. Information about extending the language is included.
http://www.gotpike.org/
The multi-language site offers free hosting for forums and online web applications, such as blogs, photo galleries, mailing list archives, resumes, and news sites. The Pike sub-site serves as a place for announcements about the language, conference schedules, and other resources to be posted, as well as a place for Pike users to ask or answer questions, provide and receive support, sample codes, modules, and other topics. Registration is required for participation.
http://pike.1058338.n5.nabble.com/
The official site for the Pike programming language offers an overview of the language, as well as tutorials and other resources. Pike has a syntax similar to that of C and Java. It is considered to be easy to learn, it doesn’t require long compilation passes, and it has built-in data types allowing for fast and simple data manipulation. Available under the GNU General Public License, Lesser General Public License, and Mozilla Public License, it may be downloaded from the site.
https://pike.lysator.liu.se/
Created and maintained by Robert J. Budzynski, the unofficial resource on the Pike programming language includes answers to frequently asked questions, such as the function of the language, which operating systems it runs on, its pros and cons, and other features. Other resources include the source codes to sample Pike scripts and programs that were created as demonstration purposes, as well as some tools, known as PiXTools, created by the author for dealing with XML.
http://bobo.fuw.edu.pl/~rjb/Pike/
