Python and MapObjects (Was: Python and ArcView GIS)

[Allan Hollander]

The ArcView extension sounds very interesting.    

Along these lines of interfaces to ESRI software, has anybody done any
work with getting Python to talk to the MapObjects set of components?  I'd
love to have some pointers on how to do this.  Right now I'm stuck on
how to create/access/etc. the Map ActiveX control, which seems basic to
getting much farther with this.

desperately-trying-to-avoid-visual-basic y'rs -- 

 -- allan