Win32, Python, and RPC possible?

[Skip Montanaro]

    David> Would Python be a choice for implementing Remote Process Control
    David> on NT4?  The goal is to enable multiple users the ability to
    David> remote launch sessions of HSPICE simulations.  It is expected
    David> that some of the simulations will be running concurrently.
    David> Process information also needs to be accessed by the script for
    David> ODBC storage, kill, etc.  The HSPICE software is on a remote Dual
    David> CPU NT4 server.  We are hooked up via TCP/IP 100-Base Hub to
    David> multiple NT4 Workstations.

Yeah, you can do it with a number of RPC-ish mechanisms.  The simplest is
probably XML-RPC, which has the advantage of being small, easy to install
and use and actively being supported from a number of different languages
and platforms.  Check out http://www.xmlrpc.com/ for more info.  From the
Python side you will want Fredrik Lundh's latest xmlrpclib (0.9.8) and his
sgmlop module, both available from http://www.pythonware.com/.  I use both
on a daily basis.  It gives me no problems.

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