Pike – a dynamic programming language with a syntax similar to Java and C

Re:Pike – a dynamic programming language with a syntax simil... by 2mlWQbCK on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @11:46AM (#43763522)

From what I remember of working with Pike, the best part was probably the included image module. Maybe I will install Pike again just to see if I still like it.

https://pike.lysator.liu.se/docs/man/chapter_13.html

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Re:Pike – a dynamic programming language with a syntax simil... by 2mlWQbCK on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @01:31PM (#43764465)

Turns out there is no Pike package for FreeBSD, no port, and the Pike git repository has a FreeBSD subdirectory last updated 22 years ago.

But ./configure && gmake && gmake install seemed to work, or at least it runs and nothing weird has happened so far.

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Re:Pike – a dynamic programming language with a syntax simil... by em-bee on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @09:24PM (#43767858)

pike used to be in bsd ports. probably the maintainer stopped working on that. it is still being tested. it builds but currently the testsuite fails:

http://pike.lysator.liu.se/development/pikefarm/8.0.xml

http://pike.lysator.liu.se/development/pikefarm/9.0.xml

if you dig through you'll find 3 or 4 failed tests out of thousands.

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