scripting on top of structural

Dave Kuhlman dkuhlman at rexx.com
Fri Dec 28 14:42:02 EST 2001


In comp.lang.python Benjamin Tai <bt98 at doc.ic.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Please note that this message is posted on Python and Tcl newsgroup, and
> VTK mailing list.
> 
> When an application written in a structural language is extended with a
> scripting language, there are many improved functionalities.
> 
> 1) Packages for GUI (in C/C++ case)
> 2) Wider range of libraries, easier interprocess communication.
> 3) Expose the application to a wider range of community.
> 4) Simplified syntax, speed up prototyping.
> 5) Ready to be embedded into foreign application as scripting language
> functioned as a glue.

Also,

6. Speed of development from the scripting language _and_ speed of
execution from the underlying C/C++ code.

You might also want to look at Chapter 2, "Scripting Languages" in
the SWIG manual, available at:

    http://www.swig.org/Doc1.1/HTML/Scripting.html

  - Dave

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Dave Kuhlman
dkuhlman at rexx.com


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