Hi, At Resolver Systems, we have a product that is written in IronPython - the .NET Python implementation - and allows users to use that language to script a spreadsheet-like interface. Because they're using IronPython, they can access their existing .NET objects and libraries, which has worked out really well for us and for them. But there's an increasing number of users who would like access to CPython C extensions - in particular, NumPy. We *don't* want to just hack something together that would just allow users of our own product to access NumPy; what we'd really like to do is work on an OSS solution that will allow all IronPython users to access NumPy transparently, just as if they were using CPython. My question is, is this something that the readers of this list would like to get involved in, either in terms of contibuting, or even in terms on advice? We're under no illusions; this is a significant undertaking. And we're very keen on hearing from those who know NumPy better about how this should be structured, even if people don't have the time to write code for it. In particular: * How do people feel about a source-code-compatible solution, where (perhaps) we would maintain a project that basically provided an alternative makefile for NumPy - or, even better, we could work with the NumPy developers to contribute a .NET/IronPython package. * Would it be better to try for some kind of "binary compatibility", where we'd write some kind of "glue" that sat between the existing C extension .pyd files and the IronPython engine? Our gut feeling is that this would be much more work, but we might be missing something. * What should the work's relationship to the NumPy project be? Any thoughts, comments, or advice would be very much appreciated. Regards, Giles -- Giles Thomas MD & CTO, Resolver Systems Ltd. giles.thomas@resolversystems.com +44 (0) 20 7253 6372 We're hiring! http://www.resolversystems.com/jobs/ 17a Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RD, UK VAT No.: GB 893 5643 79 Registered in England and Wales as company number 5467329. Registered address: 843 Finchley Road, London NW11 8NA, UK