Can I access perl application API's from python

[Timo Virkkala]

Chris Kacoroski wrote:
> I would like to use Python for several scripting tasks I have, but the
> applications I am scripting against only export a set of Perl API's. 
> Is there any  package that makes it easy to use an application's Perl
> APIs from Python.  Essentially I am looking for a package that would
> read a perl module and allow me to access the functions in that module
> from Python.  For example the Communigate Pro messsaging server has a
> Perl api, but not a python API (they also have a java API if that
> helps).

Since they have a Java API, I'd suggest you try Jython.

http://www.jython.org

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Timo Virkkala