Powerful interpreted programming language
Pike is an interpreted, object-oriented, dynamic programming language
with a syntax similar to C. It includes many powerful data types and
a module system that, for instance, provides image manipulation together,
with support for graphics formats like SVG, JPG, PNG, GIF, XCF and many
others, database connectivity, advanced cryptography, XML/HTML parsers
and others. To learn more about pike, please visit http://pike.ida.liu.se/
Note that some of the Pike features are found in other pike7.4-* packages
(image processing, mysql, postgresql, sane and more).