From: Max Lapshin <max@...>
Date: 2006-09-22T02:11:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Assistance wanted for integrating existing C-API into Ruby

>
> When I wander about the web, I see vast projects, like Sage, for  
> example, that focus on one scripting language, in this case Python.  
> And I also see *dozens* of high-quality math packages in either C  
> or C++. What SWIG gives the developers of these packages is the  
> ability to expand their market to Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP, Lua,  
> Pike, Tcl, Scheme, and a few others.

Hm.. It is very interesting. I haven't thought about this pro of  
SWIG. I don't like SWIG because of some problems, but You have  
pointed at a very important advantage.