On Aug 13, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Noel O'Boyle wrote:
> Dear Rich
>
>> Regarding actually translating Java code into other
>> languages - it's an interesting idea. What other
>> alternatives exist? For example, Ruby has excellent
>> support for directly using Java libraries without
>> modification (both through JRuby and through Ruby Java
>> Bridge) - what about Python and C/C++?
>
> The alternative: start up a JVM and connect it from the language of
> your choice. Jpype or Jython for Python for example. But this isn't
> really practical. You really need the algorithm right there in the
> target language. Whatever about scripting languages, OpenBabel isn't
> going to be connecting to a JVM any time soon.
It would seem that the best way to go is to implement algorithms in
the 'lowest common denominator' language. That is, have everything as
a C library and provide wrappers (ala SWIG)
It would make prototyping painful though, but that's probably not the
point with this approach
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