Python wrapper for C++ core

[Robert Heller]

At 17 Oct 2006 17:19:03 -0700 "handful of nothing" <handful at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> IMHO,
> 
> What I learned with the time and of course with books =) :
> 
> Python gives you rapid turnaround. You can try different approaches and
> archictetures to solve the problem in much faster way than you would
> with C++.

Yes, this is especially true of GUI programming.  I can create a Tcl/Tk,
*cross platform* GUI front end very rapidly and that GUI can be easily
and quickly 'tweaked' as needed, again very rapidly.  I guess a Python
program could build and tweak a Python/Tk GUI as quickly.

> 
> When you really need to crunch numbers, and numpy/othermodule is not
> enough for you, then you would need to go down and optimize it in c++.
> 
> So, the ability to change, re-create and try another strategy would be
> a killer reason for me to use python (like I have in the past) for
> games or sim apps.
> 
> []s
> Robert Heller wrote:
> > At 17 Oct 2006 16:05:40 -0700 holly.woodland at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > Apologies in advance for the pretty basic question - but I can't seem
> > > to find an answer anywhere else.
> > >
> > > I am developing a fluid sim in C++ and have heard that many people use
> > > Python in conjunction with C++ for this sort of thing (especially in
> > > games dev).
> > >
> > > What I can't understand why you would want to do this. Obviously the
> > > core would be written in C++ (for my purposes anyway) so what parts
> > > would be written in Python? What is the benefit, in this situation, of
> > > using Python instead of C++?
> > >
> > > thanks for your help
> >
> > If they were using Python/Tk to develop a GUI, it makes sense (although
> > I would use Tcl/Tk, being a Tcl fan).  In either case, SWIG can generate
> > the interface between C/C++ and Python/Tcl.
> >
> > >
> > > Holly
> > >
> > >
> >
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