Powerful interpreted programming language

 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.lysator.liu.se/ Note that some of the Pike features are
 found in other pike7.8-* packages (image processing, MySQL,
 PostgreSQL, SANE and more).