I wouldn't consider SWIG the foundation of multi-language support; it seems more like a legacy wart that you don't want to port to a new OS. Especially with C+

I wouldn't consider SWIG the foundation of multi-language support; it seems more like a legacy wart that you don't want to port to a new OS. Especially with C++. AFAIK it's an ad hoc C++ parser written in Perl! They can do better by ditching the legacy.