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On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 11:34 AM, John Culleton <john@wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> This week I wrote my first Python program, a script callable from Scribus, a DTP program. It ran! Now I want to spread my wings a little. How do I call a C language executable subprogram from Python and pass information back and forth?
>
> I am of the old school, meaning that object oriented programming is only slightly
> less obscure to me than Sanscrit or Navaho. So be gentle.
>
> Python 2.7.5 on Slackware 14.1

Look at the subprocess module:

https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html