Re: [Vnc2swf-users] Project Future

[Toby H. <th...@ca...>]

Ian Ward <ia...@ex...> wrote on 17/04/2009 09:59:46 AM:
> I have a C module with a fallback to a python module in a library I
> wrote.  It's also nice to have a python implementation to validate the C
> implementation.
>
> Don't fear C.  C runs everywhere.  If you don't want your users to need
> a compiler, I'm sure you can find volunteers to run "setup.py bdist_egg"
> on OSX, Windows, etc.
>
> Also, if your library is fast more people will use it.

There is a more python-like half-way house. Check out Pyrex:

http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python/Pyrex/

>From the homepage:

Pyrex lets you write code that mixes Python and C data types any way you
want, and compiles it into a C extension for Python.

Cheers,
Toby Haynes