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 pike7.6-* packages (image processing, mysql, postgresql, sane and more).