FTA: "C++ isn't open to other languages" Obviously the author has not heard of boost::python -- it provides an extremely easy way to interface Python and C++,

FTA: "C++ isn't open to other languages" Obviously the author has not heard of boost::python -- it provides an extremely easy way to interface Python and C++, including classes in one language that inherit from classes in the other. EDIT: Oh, yeah, and SWIG.