[3][non-primary source needed] He is the sole inventor named in the US patent for overlapping windows on a computer display.

[1] While at Bell Labs, Pike was also involved in the creation of the Blit graphical terminal for Unix,[5] the Inferno operating system, and the Limbo programming language.

[7] Over the years, Pike has written many text editors; sam[8] and acme are the most well known.

[9] Pike appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, as a technical assistant to the comedy duo Penn & Teller.

[3][non-primary source needed] Pike is married to author and illustrator Renée French; the couple live both in the US and Australia.