Loki (disambiguation)
For the
Loki of norse mythology, see
Loki.
Loki Games was a manufacturer of
computer games.
Loki was also the codename for a "Super Spectrum" computer developed by
Sinclair Research. The name either came from the god Loki or as a play on "Low-cost Colour Computer" aka "LowCCC" or LC
3. Loki was designed to be an
Amiga-beater, but when
Amstrad took over Sinclair in 1986 the project was cancelled. Two employees took the Loki technology with them and started
Flare Technology and the Loki design was first intended to be launched as
Konix Multisystem that never was released, but the technology finally was released as
Atari Jaguar.
Some of the Loki technology was also used in the SAM Coupé.
Loki is also the name of a
C++ software library developed by
Andrei Alexandrescu. The library makes extensive use of
templates to increase the flexibilty of implemented classes.