embed or extend?

Martin von Loewis loewis at informatik.hu-berlin.de
Wed Aug 23 09:17:21 EDT 2000


"Chris Armstrong" <punck at PenguinMints.cx> writes:

> I'm working on a C++/Python project that'll be instantiating _huge_
> amounts of Python classes. From a performance standpoint, would it
> be better to extend or embed Python? 

>From a performance standpoint, it does not matter. You'll use the
exact same API.

The difference is whether the main program is written in Python or
C(++); that's all.

Regards,
Martin




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