Pike
(ˢᵒᶜⁱᵉᵗʸserver) aims to be a platform for developing collaborative applications. sTeam server project repository: sTeam. sTeam-REST API repository: sTeam-REST The project is written in Pike programming language. Many of us would not be aware of it. Let's take a dive into Pike and learn more about it. What is pike? Pike is a general purpose programming language, which means that you can put it to use for almost any task. Its application domain spans anything from the world of the Net to the world of multimedia applications, or environments where your shell could use some spicy text processing or system administration tools. Your imagination sets the limit, but Pike will probably extend it far beyond what you previously considered within reach. Pike is a dynamic programming language with a syntax similar to Java and C. It is simple to learn, does not require long compilation passes and has powerful built-in data types allowing simple and really fast data manipulation. Pike is released under the GNU GPL, GNU LGPL and MPL; this means that you can fetch it and use it for almost any purpose you please. Who made pike? We will not bother you here with the entire history of Pike, but in a quick summary we should credit Fredrik Hübinette, who started writing Pike (at that time called µLPC), Roxen Internet Software, who funded the Pike development during its first years, the Pike development team that continues its development at present and the Software and Systems division of the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA for short) at Linköping University, who currently provides funding for some Pike research and development, as well as this site. Also, without the participation of the friendly community of Pike users and advocates all over the world, Pike would hardly be the same either; we are grateful for your commitment. Who uses pike? Besides those already mentioned (Roxen IS and SaS, IDA, LiU), there are many other people scattered throughout the world who have put Pike to good use. Read some of their testimonials and find out more about how they value Pike. ...and for what? Roxen Internet Software wrote the free web servers Spinner, Roxen Challenger and Roxen WebServer in Pike, as well as the highly appraised commercial content management system Roxen Platform / Roxen CMS. SaS uses Pike for their research, currently concentrated on the field of compositioning technology and language connectors. Other noteworthy applications include the works of Per Hedbor, who among other things has written AIDO, a nifty network aware peer-to-peer client/server media player and a distributed jukebox system, both in Pike. Why use pike? Pike is Powerful - Being a high-level language, Pike gives you concise, modular code, automatic memory management, flexible and efficient data types, transparent bignum support, a powerful type system, exception handling and quick iterative development cycles, alleviating the need for compiling and linking code before you can run it; on-the-fly modifications are milliseconds away from being put to practice. Pike is Fast - Most…