Chapter 1, Getting started

First you need to have Pike installed on your computer. See appendix E "How to install Pike" if this is not already done. It is also vital for the first of the following examples that the Pike binary is in your UNIX search path. If you have problems with this, consult the manual for your shell or go buy a beginners book about UNIX.

1.1 Your first Pike program

1.2 Improving hello_world.pike

1.3 Further improvements

1.4 Control structures

1.5 Functions

1.6 True and false

1.7 Data Types