Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news-out1.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!xindi.nntp.kabelfoon.nl!feed.xsnews.nl!border-1.ams.xsnews.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'raises': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'aug': 0.13; 'fits': 0.16; 'from:addr:behnel.de': 0.16; 'from:addr:stefan_ml': 0.16; 'from:name:stefan behnel': 0.16; 'message-id:@dough.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'sip': 0.16; 'subject:Alternate': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'stefan': 0.17; 'url:moin': 0.17; 'ctypes': 0.22; 'subject:skip:i 10': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'url:wiki': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'question': 0.27; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.28; "d'aprano": 0.29; 'steven': 0.29; 'url:python': 0.32; 'received:84': 0.32; 'maintained': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'list': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'subject: (': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'page': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'most': 0.61; 'url:%20': 0.63; 'different': 0.63; 'url:%1': 0.68; 'received:arcor-ip.net': 0.84; 'received:pools.arcor-ip.net': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Stefan Behnel Subject: Re: Alternate Python extensions (was alternate Python implementations) Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:09:37 +0200 References: <501cbdf8$0$29978$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <9efbb19a-45ef-413b-b12f-6a59137bcf47@r2g2000pbn.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dslb-084-056-050-087.pools.arcor-ip.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120714 Thunderbird/14.0 In-Reply-To: <9efbb19a-45ef-413b-b12f-6a59137bcf47@r2g2000pbn.googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1344316190 news.xs4all.nl 6868 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:36748 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:26681 rusi, 07.08.2012 06:23: > On Aug 4, 11:15 am, Steven D'Aprano +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> Most people are aware, if only vaguely, of the big Four Python >> implementations: > > I think the question about where Cython fits into this, raises the > need for a complementary list to Steven's. What are the different > ways in which python can be extended/embedded. eg > > 1. 'Classic' extending/embedding > 2. SCXX > 3. PyCXX > 4. Boost > 5. Cython > 6. Swig > 7. Sip > 8. ctypes > > Is such a list maintained somewhere? Hijacking this page would be a good place to start it IMHO: http://wiki.python.org/moin/Embedding%20and%20Extending Stefan