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C/C++

There a various tools which make it easier to bridge the gap between Python and C/C++:

• Pyrex - write your extension module on Python

• Cython -- Cython -- an improved version of Pyrex

• CXX - PyCXX - helper lib for writing Python extensions in C++

• ctypes is a Python module allowing to create and manipulate C data types in Python. These can then be passed to C-functions loaded from dynamic link libraries.

• elmer - compile and run python code from C, as if it was written in C

• PicklingTools is a collection of libraries for exchanging Python Dictionaries between C++ and Python.

• weave - include C code lines in Python program (deprecated in favor of Cython)

• ackward exposes parts of Python's standard library as idiomatic C++

• CFFI - interact with almost any C code from Python, based on C-like declarations that you can often copy-paste from header files or documentation.

C/C++ Binding Generators

Tools to make C/C++ functions/methods accessible from Python by generating binding (Python extension or module) from header files.

• boost.python - Expose C++ classes functions and objects to Python, and vice-versa, using just C++ compiler

• PyAutoC - Automatically wrap C functions and structs, using just C compiler.

• pwig is a SWIG extension for writing new language modules in Python.

• PyBindGen Python bindings code generator for pure C or C++ APIs. The generator is written in Python and has low complexity. The generated code is lean, efficient, and highly readable

• shiboken - Binding Generator used to createPySide Python bindings for Qt

• SIP - similar to SWIG but specialised for Python and C++. Used to createPyQt, theQt API wrapper library

• SWIG - generate extension module from your .h files

• pybind11 - Similar to Boost.Python, but with a lean header-only implementation for C++11-capable compilers.

• pyclif - Google tool. Similar to SWIG, but user-friendly and targeted only C++11 well-written libs.

• cppyy - Fast, automatic, Python-C++ bindings, including run-time template instantiations, cross-inheritance, auto-casting, etc.

• Scapix Language Bridge - generates Python (and other languages) bindings directly from C++ headers.

Articles

• Using Python as glueSciPy Documentation

• Building Hybrid Systems with Boost.Python inC/C++ User Journal (2003)

• Integrating Python, C and C++, presented at the ACCU conference by Duncan Booth (2003)

• Embedding Python in Multi-Threaded C/C++ Applications inLinuxJournal (2000)

Related

• AppsWithPythonScripting

Delphi

• Python4Delphi - Python for Delphi is a set of free components that wrap up the Python Dll into Delphi. (https://github.com/pyscripter/python4delphi)

Fortran

• F2PY - Fortran to Python Interface Generator (http://cens.ioc.ee/projects/f2py2e/)

• PyFort - The Python-Fortran connection tool (http://pyfortran.sourceforge.net/)

Lisp

• CLPython - Python implemented in Common Lisp

• Lython (archived page) - Lisp front-end for Python

• Pymacs - integration of Python with Emacs Lisp

Prolog

• PyLog (actually twodifferent products)

• prolog a simple interface toSWI-Prolog

• bedevere - Python wrapper to GNU Prologhttp://bedevere.sourceforge.net/

• pwig includes examples of wrapping Python for SWI-Prolog.

• pyswip is a ctypes based module that enables querying SWI-Prolog.

See alsohttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Python+prolog

Java

• Jython - Python implemented in Java

• JPype - Allows Python to run java commands

• Jepp - Java embedded Python

• JCC - a C++ code generator for calling Java from C++/Python

• Javabridge - a package for running and interacting with the JVM from CPython

• py4j - Allows Python to run java commands.

• voc - Part ofBeeWare suite. Converts python code to Java bytecode.

• p2j - Converts Python code to Java. No longer developed.

C#/.NET

• ActiveState supports Python .NET.

• Python for .NET is a near-seamless integration of the CPython runtime with the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR).

• IronPython is an implementation of Python for .net, which allows you to import .net class libraries seamlessly in Python.

Perl

Seehttp://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/17202/fid/1102

• PyPerlhttp://search.cpan.org/dist/pyperl/

• Inline::Python

• PyPerlish - Perl idioms in Python

For converting/porting Perl code to Python the tool 'Bridgekeeper'http://www.crazy-compilers.com/bridgekeeper/ may be handy.

PHP

• PiP (Python in PHP)http://www.csh.rit.edu/~jon/projects/pip/

• PHP "Serialize" in Pythonhttp://hurring.com/scott/code/python/serialize/ (broken link; see theWeb Archive Wayback Machine for the latest working version)

R

• RPyhttp://rpy.sourceforge.net

• RSPythonhttp://www.omegahat.net/RSPython

Objective-C

• http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net/

Tcl

• elmer - compile and run python code from Tcl, as if it was written in Tcl

• TclPython - A package for Tcl that allows you to pass strings of Python code from a Tcl environment to a Python (Python 2.x or 3.x) interpreter.

• Tcl and other languages - Tcl's equivalent of this page.

Lua

• LunaticPython - a two-way bridge between Python and Lua.

• Lupa - fast wrapper for LuaJIT2 written in Cython.

• Lux - a mutant Lua emphasizing interoperation with Python, Perl, etc.

OCaml

• Pycaml - write Python extension modules in OCaml (instead of C), and use Python code and native libraries from OCaml programs.

Eiffel and Haskell

• Eiffel/Haskellhttp://epolyglot.sourceforge.net/ (last updated 2001)

• PythonVsHaskell has a section "Using both Python & Haskell with ctypes".

Other (applications)

• LotusNoteshttp://www.dominopower.com/issuesprint/issue200008/command.html

• PostgreSQLhttp://www.linuxgazette.com/issue80/nielsen.html

• RenderManhttp://www.lysator.liu.se/~ture/terry.html

• CorbaPython: for a generic solution to language integration

to name a few. There are muchmore...

Other (standards and protocols)

• XMLRPC and SOAP

• Yaml:http://www.yaml.org

See also

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