From: Wilkes Joiner <boognish23@...>
Date: 2002-09-16T02:01:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting Python and Ruby to Talk to Each Other

Another option is SOAP4R and PySOAP.  However, depending on your desire to get
rid of the "legacy" Python code, SWIG may be your best bet.

- Wilkes

--- Phil Tomson <ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com> wrote:
> In article <7c40e468.0209141347.4d338e56@posting.google.com>,
> Sam Hunting <shunting@etopicality.com> wrote:
> >A clueless Ruby newbie seeks help...
> >
> >I have gotten Ruby's amazing Linda tuplespace up and running which was
> >incredibly easy, so not using Ruby is not an option -- and I have a
> >database (not relational, not at all standard, written in C) that I
> >must use a Python extension to query and capture result sets, so not
> >using Python is not an option.
> 
> Well, since the database is written in C you could write a C extention for 
> Ruby just as you have for Python.  Perhaps you could use SWIG 
> (http://www.swig.org) for this?  I would suggest that this would probably 
> be easier than having Python query your C database and pass the info to 
> Ruby.
> 
> Phil


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