I think your impression is right. But if there are C-based Python extensions in use (these would have a ".pyd" file extension under Windows), you might have some difficulty making them work. For desktop use, there's a project called IronClad (http://code.google.com/p/ironclad/) that provides pretty good support for the use of C extensions from within IronPython. But this won't help for Silverlight, where you can't run native code in the sandbox. You'd need to rewrite the C extensions in a managed language like C# (or IronPython :).
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 4:22 AM, David Jensen <davidjen...@usa.net> wrote: > Someone who worked with a person who was heavily using AI related > technologies > for stock trading (possibly neural networks and related(genetic)) claimed > this > person said IronPython could not use the AI stuff because it was written in > Cpython. However, my impression is that the very large majority of python > libraries are python source code and not compiled C, etc. programs (dll, > etc.). Furthermore, those "C" libraries may also have "C" source. > > Silverlight will be very powerful when it catches on. I would assume the > vast > majority of Cpython would run in it. > > > David Jensen > davidjen...@usa.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.ironpython.com > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com >
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