Re: Where have all the Pikers gone?

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Being new to Pike, when I first looked at the Pike Hello World program, the
syntax, at first glance, reminded me most of the D language which also uses
'write' and a somewhat similar 'std.stdio'. =F0=9F=A4=A0

Cheers,

Gary


On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 8:41 PM Chris Angelico <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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 Tr=
end
> comparing various high-level programming languages like Perl, PHP, Ruby,
> Lua. When I punch in 'Pike programming language', I get this: "Hmm, your
> search 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
>
>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Being new to Pike, when=
 I first looked at the Pike Hello World program, the syntax, at=C2=A0first =
glance, reminded me most of the D language which also uses &#39;write&#39; =
and a somewhat similar &#39;std.stdio&#39;. =F0=9F=A4=A0</div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Cheers,=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">Gary<br><div dir=3D"auto"><div><br></div></div></div></d=
iv></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_att=
r">On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 8:41 PM Chris Angelico &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ros=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]</a>&gt=
; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px=
 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sat,=
 21 May 2022 at 09:42, chikega &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" tar=
get=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I=E2=80=99m a new learner. It&#39;s interesting to see results on Goog=
le Trend comparing various high-level programming languages like Perl, PHP,=
 Ruby, Lua. When I punch in &#39;Pike programming language&#39;, I get this=
: &quot;Hmm, your search doesn&#39;t have enough data to show here.&quot; :=
-/<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=3Dall&amp;geo=
=3DUS&amp;q=3Dlua,ruby,Perl,PHP" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_b=
lank">https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=3Dall&amp;geo=3DUS&amp;=
q=3Dlua,ruby,Perl,PHP</a><br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
I usually explain to people that Pike is an obscure, but excellent,<br>
language, with similarities to Python, C++, and various others, with a<br>
focus on networking. But it&#39;s impossible to sum up a programming<br>
language in a single sentence without omitting a lot of what makes it<br>
great :)<br>
<br>
ChrisA<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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