SIMPL is an open source project which has been around for almost 10 years. It maintains a very compact interprocesss communication library which gives Linux developers the Send/Receive/Reply messaging paradigm first popularized by QNX almost 30 years ago. (http://www.icanprogram.com/simpl).
SIMPL has had a Python shared library for almost 5 years now. I believe that the SIMPL-Python hooks are one of the underused gems in the SIMPL project. I also maintain a couple of nofee online courses including one whose subject is this Python interface into the SIMPL world (although I'm not the author of the lesson material). http://www.icanprogram.com/06py/main.html There is active work in the SIMPL project to bring two upgrades in the Python area. a) the ability to run Python code on Windows and seamlessly interface with a SIMPL application running under Linux b) the ability to interface to a SIMPL-Python application from a simple browser interface The plan is to enhance this course material with this new functionality just as soon as it arrives. Meanwhile I've been working to upgrade the course installation experience with a self installing archive. http://www.icanprogram.com/python.self.html I'm exactly the wrong person to debug this stuff as I'm not a Python programmer and I'm too close in to spot the obvious flaws. I'm looking for Python/Linux volunteers to give this stuff a spin and supply constructive criticism to help improve the student installation experience. Thanks in advance. bob SIMPL project coordinator PS. If anyone is interested in reading more about SIMPL and SIMPL-Python I'm the co-author of a recent book on the subject. Google Books has a free preview of many of the chapters. (see http://www.icanprogram.com/lulu.html). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
