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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"] - similar to SWIG but specialised for Python and C++. Used to create PyQt, the ["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

• [http://pwig.sourceforge.net/ pwig] is a SWIG extension for writting new language modules in Python.

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]

Related

• AppsWithPythonScripting

Fortran

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

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

Lisp

• ["CLPython"] - Python implemented in Common Lisp

• [http://web.archive.org/web/20050207230521/http://www.caddr.com/code/lython/ Lython (archived page)] - 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/

• [http://pwig.sourceforge.net/ pwig] includes examples of wrapping Python for SWI-Prolog.

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

For converting/porting Perl code to Python the tool 'Bridgekeeper' [http://www.crazy-compilers.com/bridgekeeper/] may be handy.

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.

OCaml

• [http://pycaml.sourceforge.net/ Pycaml] - write Python extension modules in OCaml (instead of C), and use Python code and native libraries from OCaml programs.

Eiffel and Haskell

• Eiffel/Haskell [http://epolyglot.sourceforge.net/] (last updated 2001)

• PythonVsHaskell has a section "Using both Python & Haskell with ctypes".

Other (applications)

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

• ["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

See also

Thinki: wiki:Thinki/UsingPythonWithOtherLanguages