using common lisp with python.

[Robert Kern]

cipherpunk at gmail.com wrote:
> Your best bet is probably to look into your LISP environment's FFI
> (Foreign Function Interface).  Most LISP environments have some way to
> call C code directly.  Insofar as going back the other way... that I'm
> a little more sketchy on.  Guile (the Scheme compiler from GNU) is a
> strong contender, though.  It's not Common LISP, but it's a LISP with
> copious documentation for how to call it from C.

ECL might be a good choice for real Common Lisp (more or less).

http://ecls.sourceforge.net/

> I really can't see a reason to use Python as a glue layer.  I'd
> recommend rewriting your LISP code in Python before I'd recommend using
> Python to interface between Common LISP and C.

Agreed.

-- 
Robert Kern
rkern at ucsd.edu

"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
 Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
  -- Richard Harter