From: Lyndon Samson <lyndon.samson@...>
Date: 2005-08-02T20:41:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby-Python; using python from within ruby

This seems to work for me, Windows only though...

require 'Win32API'

PyInitialize = Win32API.new("python24", "Py_Initialize", [], 'V')
PyRun_SimpleString = Win32API.new("python24", "PyRun_SimpleString", ['P'], 'V')
Py_Finalize = Win32API.new("python24", "Py_Finalize", [], 'V')

pythonSrc = <<EOF

from time import time,ctime
print 'Hello at ',ctime(time())

EOF

PyInitialize.call()
PyRun_SimpleString.call(pythonSrc)
Py_Finalize.call()