Linux Journal: Embedding Python in Your C Programs | Linux Today

Linux Journal: Embedding Python in Your C Programs

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 30, 2005

“C, meet Python. Python, this is C. With surprisingly little
effort, the Python interpreter can be integrated into your program
to add features quickly that could take months if written entirely
in C.

“The language of choice for large, high-performance applications
in Linux is almost always C, or somewhat less often C++. Both are
powerful languages that allow you to create high-performance
natively compiled programs. However, they are not languages that
lend themselves to runtime flexibility…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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