C/C++

There a various tools which make it easier to bridge the gap between Python and C/C++:

• [http://www.swig.org/ SWIG] - generate extension module from your .h files

• ["boost.python"] - write (tiny) C++ class to wrap your classes in an extension module

• ["Pyrex"] - write your extension module on Python

• [http://cxx.sourceforge.net/ CXX]

• [http://starship.python.net/crew/gmcm/scxx.html SCXX]

• ["weave"] - include C code lines in Python program
• ["SIP"] - ["Qt"] API wrapper library

• [http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/ ctypes] is a Python module allowing to create and manipulate C data types in Python. These can then be passed to C-functions loaded from dynamic link libraries.

• ["elmer"] - compile and run python code from C, as if it was written in C

[Hint: The idea is to create pages for the stuff, not just link it.]

[wiki:Thinki/UsingPythonWithOtherLanguages Much more extensive page on Thinki]

Articles

• Embedding Python in Multi-Threaded C/C++ Applications in [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=3641 LinuxJournal]

• Building Hybrid Systems with Boost.Python in [http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=8188/cuj0307abrahams/ C/C++ User Journal]

• [http://dales.rmplc.co.uk/Duncan/accu/integratingpython.html Integrating Python, C and C++], presented at the ACCU conference by Duncan Booth, and his [http://dales.rmplc.co.uk/Duncan/accu conference slides]

[[There are also interesting solutions for co-operation between Python and such languages as Tcl, Perl, Fortran, Prolog, and many others. We'll write more on these subjects, in time.]]

Fortran

• ["F2PY"] - Fortran to Python Interface Generator (http://cens.ioc.ee/projects/f2py2e/)

• PyFort - The Python-Fortran connection tool (http://pyfortran.sourceforge.net/)

Lisp

• [http://www.caddr.com/code/lython/ Lython] - Lisp front-end for Python.

Prolog

• PyLog (actually two different products)

• [http://agave.ahsc.arizona.edu/~schcats/projects/ prolog] a simple interface to [http://www.swi-prolog.org/ SWI-Prolog]

• bedevere - Python wrapper to GNU Prolog http://bedevere.sourceforge.net/

See also [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Python+prolog]

Java

• ["Jython"] - Python implemented in Java

C#/.NET

• [http://www.activestate.com/Corporate/Initiatives/NET/Research.html?_x=1 ActiveState research]

• [http://zope.org/Members/Brian/PythonNet/ Python for .NET] is a near-seamless integration of the CPython runtime with the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR).

Perl

See http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/17202/fid/1102

• PyPerl [http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/CodeDoc/pyperl/perlmodule.html]

• [http://search.cpan.org/search?query=Inline%3A%3APython&mode=all Inline::Python]

• PyPerlish - Perl idioms in Python

R

• RPy [http://rpy.sourceforge.net]

• RSPython [http://www.omegahat.org/RSPython]

Objective-C

• http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net/

Tcl

• ["elmer"] - compile and run python code from Tcl, as if it was written in Tcl

• [http://jfontain.free.fr/tclpython.htm TclPython] - a Python package for Tcl allows execution of Python (version 2.2 or above) code from a Tcl interpreter.

• [http://mini.net/tcl/1324 Tcl and other languages] - Tcl's equivalent of this page.

Lua

• [http://moin.conectiva.com.br/LunaticPython LunaticPython] - a two-way bridge between Python and Lua.

• [http://www.equi4.com/lux/ Lux] - a mutant Lua emphasizing interoperation with Python, Perl, etc.

Other (applications)

• LotusNotes [http://www.dominopower.com/issuesprint/issue200008/command.html]

• Eiffel/Haskell [http://epolyglot.sourceforge.net/]

• ["PostgreSQL"] [http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue80/nielsen.html]

• RenderMan [http://www.lysator.liu.se/~ture/terry.html]

• CorbaPython: for a generic solution to language integration

to name a few. There are much [http://www.google.com/search?q=Python+binding&hl=en more...]

Other (standards and protocols)

• XMLRPC and SOAP

• Yaml: http://www.yaml.org