Re: Where have all the Pikers gone?

2021-10-07 Thread Duke Normandin
On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:04:47 +1100 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 2:57 PM Duke Normandin > wrote: > > > > Long time passing ... > > > > Is this list/language THAT dead? > > No community chatter? At all? No users? > > > > Maybe

Where have all the Pikers gone?

2021-10-07 Thread Duke Normandin
Long time passing ... Is this list/language THAT dead? No community chatter? At all? No users? Maybe everybody is on IRC maybe? Is there an IRC Pike channel? -- Duke

Re: Where have all the Pikers gone?

2021-10-07 Thread Duke Normandin
On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 16:06:23 +1100 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 4:00 PM Duke Normandin > wrote: > > > > On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:53:56 +1100 > > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > > Good to know! This Pike

Re: Where have all the Pikers gone?

2021-10-07 Thread Duke Normandin
On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:53:56 +1100 Chris Angelico wrote: [snip] > > Good to know! This Pike noob was getting worried! It just > > seemed to me - at first glance - that Pike should be as popular > > in the Web development domain as Ruby for example. I was > > beginning to think that Pike was all

Re: Arrays

2021-10-18 Thread Duke Normandin
On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:07:43 +1100 Chris Angelico wrote: [snip] > > set warnings strict That worked swell in my Hilfe! Thx -- Duke

Pike Mailing List

2021-10-18 Thread Duke Normandin
@Chris Are you pretty much the only active, knowledgeable participant in the Pike list? -- Duke

Re: Pike Mailing List

2021-10-18 Thread Duke Normandin
On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 01:24:38 + (UTC) Lance Dillon wrote: > I'm on the list, but I don't respond much and others know more > than me.but I enjoy the language and learn stuff on this > list... Glad to know you! You're a Pike guru compared to me! And that's no lie! LOL > There are a few

Arrays

2021-10-18 Thread Duke Normandin
Pike v8.0 release 702 running Hilfe v3.5 (Incremental Pike Frontend) > array(string) flat = ({"this", "that", "the", "other"}); > flat[1];(4) Result: "that" > flat[1]=3; (5) Result: 3 > flat[1]; (6) Result: 3 I was under the impression that array(string) would exclude any other data types but

Fredrik Hübinette Book

2021-10-18 Thread Duke Normandin
I'm reading it online. Is it still recommended, or is there something more current and as thorough? -- Duke

Re: Arrays

2021-10-18 Thread Duke Normandin
On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:07:43 +1100 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 10:03 AM Duke Normandin > wrote: > > > > On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:26:34 +1100 > > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 9:19 AM Duke Normandin > > &g

Re: Arrays

2021-10-18 Thread Duke Normandin
On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:26:34 +1100 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 9:19 AM Duke Normandin > wrote: > > > > Pike v8.0 release 702 running Hilfe v3.5 (Incremental Pike > > Frontend) > > > > > array(string) flat = ({"this", &

Re: Fredrik Hübinette Book

2021-10-19 Thread Duke Normandin
On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 22:17:27 -0400 H William Welliver wrote: I think the intent is more of a one page > summary than a comprehensive set of documentation. Could be the > perfect opportunity to take on a bite-sized advocacy project! But it doesn't have to be a mere summary! It could be the

Re: Fredrik Hübinette Book

2021-10-19 Thread Duke Normandin
On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:26:24 +1100 Chris Angelico wrote: [snip] > Starting the document in my bot's repository. Can be lifted > straight into Pike's own docs if/when it's good enough - license > terms are very free (MIT). > > https://rosuav.github.io/StilleBot/Asynchronicity I'm sure the Pike

Re: Archives

2021-10-07 Thread Duke Normandin
On Thu, 7 Oct 2021 12:59:41 -0400 H William Welliver wrote: > I noticed that pike-level already is already archived at The Mail > Archive[1], so I’ve subscribed this list as well. If all goes > well, I’ll also attempt to get the history added. > > If all goes well, they should be accessible

Re: Archives

2021-10-07 Thread Duke Normandin
On Thu, 7 Oct 2021 13:30:57 -0400 H William Welliver wrote: > https://www.mail-archive.com/pike@roxen.com/ Seems to work! Now for the historical stuff... Thx -- Duke Normandin

Pike Meet-up 2021-Q4

2021-11-10 Thread Duke Normandin
http://pike.lysator.liu.se/about/news/20211020.xml So how well was it attended? Where's the write-up about it? -- Duke

Defining Functions / Procedures

2021-12-09 Thread Duke Normandin
Greetings .. function hello =lambda() {} or void hello() {} In Pike, which form is prefered or optimal? Why? TIA ... -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best. **

Re: Defining Functions / Procedures

2021-12-09 Thread Duke Normandin
On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:28:59 +1100 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 3:06 PM Duke Normandin > wrote: > > > > On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:09:21 +1100 > > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 1:10 PM Duke Normandin

Apache+Pike CGI scripts

2022-01-06 Thread Duke Normandin
I'd like to try that out as a learning medium & instant feedback! Anybody on this list doing this or have done? TIA .. -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me **

Re: Apache+Pike CGI scripts

2022-01-06 Thread Duke Normandin
On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 09:26:38 -0700 Duke Normandin wrote: > I'd like to try that out as a learning medium & instant feedback! > > Anybody on this list doing this or have done? TIA .. [code] #!/usr/bin/pike int main(){ write("Content-type:text/html\n\n"); write(

Re: OOP syntax help

2022-01-07 Thread Duke Normandin
On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 11:44:17 +1100 Chris Angelico wrote: [snip] > > Thanks for clearing that up. I also notice that class > > declarations are called "programs" - not to be confused with > > the "main" program to be executed. Is that a correct > > interpretation? If a class is declared within a

OOP syntax help

2022-01-07 Thread Duke Normandin
I've /never/ been fond of OOP, but if I'm to continue with Pike, I figure I should at least try to understand Pike's very of OOP. From: https://pike.lysator.liu.se/docs/tut/oop/creation_and_usage.md [quote] Creating and Using Objects Assuming that we have the class animal, we can define some

Re: Apache+Pike CGI scripts

2022-01-06 Thread Duke Normandin
On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 23:36:54 -0500 H William Welliver wrote: > More details that might be of use: > > http://wiki.gotpike.org/index.pike/PikeDevel/Using+Pike+on+the+Web Very informative! Thx -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me **

Re: Where have all the Pikers gone?

2022-05-20 Thread Duke Normandin
On Sat, 21 May 2022 00:02:17 +1000 Chris Angelico wrote: > My Twitch channel bot runs its own web interface, if that counts. > > https://sikorsky.rosuav.com/ > > I take advantage of Pike features to run that site with real-time > updates (via websockets) that slide to the latest code every time

Re: Where have all the Pikers gone?

2022-05-20 Thread Duke Normandin
On Fri, 20 May 2022 12:55:32 +0200 "Stephen R. van den Berg" wrote: > Duke Normandin wrote: > >Awesome! So it seems to me that Pike should be able to give Ruby, > >PHP, Perl, Python etc a good run for their money in the Web > >backends domain. > > It doe

Hash mark prefix to a string

2022-05-28 Thread Duke Normandin
I asked this question on the Pike channel on libera.chat but nobody is lurking at the moment. :) what does the # mean herein the following? [code] str = #"This is a multiline string terminated by a double-quote like any other string"; [/code] I've searched all the available docs that I can

Pike in the News

2022-05-20 Thread Duke Normandin
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31453255 Pure coincidence? :) -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post works best for me **