Re: Where have all the Pikers gone?

Chris Angelico <[email protected]> Sat, 21 May 2022 09:44:30 +1000

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On Sat, 21 May 2022 at 09:42, chikega <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I=E2=80=99m a new learner. It's interesting to see results on Google Tren=
d comparing various high-level programming languages like Perl, PHP, Ruby, =
Lua. When I punch in 'Pike programming language', I get this: "Hmm, your se=
arch doesn't have enough data to show here." :-/
>
> https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=3Dall&geo=3DUS&q=3Dlua,ruby=
,Perl,PHP
>

I usually explain to people that Pike is an obscure, but excellent,
language, with similarities to Python, C++, and various others, with a
focus on networking. But it's impossible to sum up a programming
language in a single sentence without omitting a lot of what makes it
great :)

ChrisA