Using perl in python
Ashish Goyal
ashishg at pobox.com
Mon Jun 21 07:40:40 EDT 1999
hi,
try and use swig (www.swig.org) - that is an interface generator that i
had come across some time back. Since i don't remember things clearly, it
might not be able to glue python and perl together (i used it to glue C and
python code).
Good luck
ashish
"Michael P. Reilly" wrote:
> Brenda <bbailey08 at my-deja.com> wrote:
> : I have a bunch of perl libraries that I would like to call in my python
> : scripts. Is this possible?
>
> It is possible; Tkinter utilizes an embedded Tk interpreter. You
> would have to write a Perl interpreter. There may be some people
> around who might help you with that. I'm in the middle of embedding
> another interpreter myself.
>
> I've found that it is more efficient (and more fun) to convert the
> libraries to Python. The code is invariably clearer.
>
> -Arcege
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