[boost] C++/Python binding

From: jsiek_at_[hidden]
Date: 2000-05-09 13:02:14

Interesting... I'm meeting next week with some of the NumPy people to
talk about wrapping up MTL for use in Python. I'd be interested to
see your approach to doing C++ wrappers.

Dave Abrahams writes:
 > Hi Everyone,
 > 
 > I've been working on a system for quickly and easily wrapping C++ classes in
 > Python. My employer has graciously agreed to allow its release as open
 > source. I'm wondering whether boost would be an appropriate host for this
 > library, which sits on the boundary between the two languages. This probably
 > depends in part on the level of interest within this group. I'm sure
 > www.sourceforge.net would take it, otherwise. So, I'm here to gauge interest
 > and appropriateness, and...
 > 
 > <Spam>
 > Allow me to flog Python again, for a moment. Python <www.python.org> is an
 > interactive interpreted language with an extensive library. It is
 > dynamically typed, has classes and a real module system, and nearly all
 > Python programming is generic programming. It runs on almost everything, and
 > as my friend Tim Peters is fond of saying, "it's not just easy to learn: you
 > already know Python." In many ways it is the perfect compliment to C++.
 > </Spam>
 > 
 > -Dave
 > 
 > P.S. My library even works with one of the more hated compilers out there. I
 > had to invent several clever/disgusting techniques to deal with the lack of
 > partial specialization, some of which you may find... interesting ;)
 > 
 > 
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