> I never had the time nor the expertise to investigate and solve all the > compiler/linker/dynaloader issues. I just needed something that works year > after year. If you get Chemistry::OpenBabel to compile, link and actually > execute, that would be a good thing.
I've never figured out why Perl seems so error prone, but Python (and Pybel) and some other bindings seem more stable. That might be due to differences in the SWIG interfaces in Perl and Python — the latter seems to be getting more attention and love. > I gave up, and now use OpenBabel via an Apache FastCGI module (via > mod_fastcgi) with a Perl wrapper that hides the details. That way, OpenBabel > is linked to a C++ main program, not a C program. It's quite fast. As a side > benefit, allows easy parallelization since Apache manages processes and > queues jobs very effectively. It's trivial to launch eight SMARTS searches in > parallel, or to spread a task across several servers. This is, I think generally good advice and if needed, I'm happy to help expose more of the C++ API through the command-line or other main programs. Hope that helps, -Geoff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The best possible search technologies are now affordable for all companies. Download your FREE open source Enterprise Search Engine today! Our experts will assist you in its installation for $59/mo, no commitment. Test it for FREE on our Cloud platform anytime! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=145328191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-discuss mailing list OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss
