corba, soap, com, etc...

[Jason Cunliffe]

Scott

You may want to look at Pyro for rapid prototyping, inspiration and more..

http://www.xs4all.nl/~irmen/ap/pyro.html

<quote>
Pyro is an acronym for PYthon Remote Objects. It is a basic Distributed
Object Technology system written entirely in Python, and for use in Python
only. With this, it closely resembles Java's Remote Method Invocation (RMI).
It has less similarity to CORBA - which is a system- and language
independent Distributed Object Technology and has much more to offer than
Pyro or RMI. But Pyro is small, simple and free! However, read the
disclaimer and copyright notice.
</quote>

- Jason
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Jason CUNLIFFE = NOMADICS['Interactive Art and Technology']


Scott Hathaway <slhath at home.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Everyone,
>
> I need some advice.  I want to write an api engine in python that will be
> used as the back end to a gui.  The gui will not be written in python.  I
> need a way to expose the api I create that is cross platform.  On Windows,
I
> would use COM.  Since I need cross platform, what are my options and what
> are the advantages and disadvantages.  I know about CORBA, but I do not
know
> if CORBA can be used from python.  I have also heard about SOAP, but is it
> only web based?
>
> If there is a corba or soap interface to python, can you please point me
to
> it?
>
> Your input is greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
> Scott