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Re: Python bindings
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Chris B. Vetter |
Subject: |
Re: Python bindings |
Date: |
Wed, 11 Jun 2003 19:34:47 -0700 |
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 05:15:01 +0300
Christopher Culver <crculver@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> I hear there are Python bindings in development for GNUstep. What is
> the website, if any, for that project?
> It would immediately make GNUstep a thousand times more powerful if
> Python bindings exist. As it is now, one has to choose between
> portability and use of external libs. But Python's standard library
> includes so many features that one wouldn't have to worry about
> external libs so much. I'm already drooling with anticipation of
> having easy XML parsing, NNTP libs, MD5 and SHA1 sums, etc. etc.
> (If the Ruby bindings are "RIGS", would Python's be "PIGS"?)
>From a user's point of view, there is no difference whether they have to
install the python stuff to get your application/tool running, or a
GNUstep-based framework.
OTOH, using a framework, that implements what you (as a developer) want
without relying on external libraries to offer you the stuff should be
the preferable way.
A bridge for <your favourite here> may be a nice thing, but there are
people who prefer to keep certain stuff off their box...
>From a developer's point, if you use a bridge to <whatever> is just as
dependent of an external lib than using a framework that implements,
say, a regular expression parser that depends on PCRE. Same thing, only
the direct dependency is shifted.
--
Chris
- Python bindings, Christopher Culver, 2003/06/11
- Re: Python bindings,
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