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I've been playing with Julia a bit lately, but I haven't had any good reasons to write real code in it yet. I've got to say, a useful Python compatibility layer
by ajdecon 14y ago
I've been playing with Julia a bit lately, but I haven't had any good reasons to write real code in it yet. I've got to say, a useful Python compatibility layer between the two languages would be awesome. Being able to call SciPy libraries from Julia would make it a lot more interesting to start writing Julia code.
- fuzzythinker 14y agoLooks like Stefan thinks this is viable: https://groups.google.com/group/julia-dev/msg/1530301a13a0f9ba https://groups.google.com/group/julia-dev/msg/1530301a13a0f9...
- StefanKarpinski 14y agoHeh. That was the easy part. Being able to get a PyObject back from the embedded Python interpreter and manipulate it in useful ways is the real trick. But at least it's a start. And it was pleasantly easy, due to two things: how easy it is to call C functions from Julia, and the fact that Python has made it trivial to be called from C code. (Imagine using a C++ library from any other language like this. Wait, you can't.)