Re: help with future application

[Craig Markwardt <craigmnet(at)cow.physics.wisc.edu>]

"Mark Hadfield" <m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz> writes:
> 
> Another possibility in the same vein is Python:
> 

In addition to Mark's great comments recommending Python, I believe
there is a separate piece of software called SWIG, which enables easy
(and automatic) interfacing between compiled libraries and Python
(perhaps Perl too).  It is essentially a code generator which creates
the interface stub code for you.

Craig


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