exchanging data btwn Python and lesser languages

[Gordon McMillan]

Preston Landers writes:

> As strange as it may sound, Python is not the only language used
> in our shop (who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty.)
> 
> I'm looking for a quick-n-dirty way to exchange data between
> Python and other languages, especially P*rl.  I don't have time
> to implement a full-blown XML solution, which is really what this
> problem calls for IMHO.
> 
> The data I want to exchange is pretty simple; mainly lists/arrays
> and dicts/hashes of integers (possibly longints), strings, and
> floats.  No fancy objects or anything.

Skip Montanaro did something along these lines. He'll 
probably speak up, but if you're impatient, Dejanews is your 
friend. I think it was within the last year. Sorry I can't narrow it 
more than that.

- Gordon