Re: Calling a Perl Module from Python ( future direction of Python)

2005-04-07 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way, is the Parrot project still alive, Of course. leo -- Apr 07 17:10:41 lux siggen[5353]: reading next random sig Apr 07 17:10:41 lux siggen[5353]: open: /usr/bin/fortun: Apr 07 17:10:41 lux siggen[5353]: No such file or directory -- http://mail.

Re: Calling a Perl Module from Python ( future direction of Python)

2005-04-07 Thread Paul Boddie
Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > You might also look at the work Richard Jones and others did on PyPI > during their PyCon sprint. Richard was confident that PyPI Hmmm. It would appear that this information wasn't "cleared" by the PSU. ;-) Paul -

Re: Calling a Perl Module from Python ( future direction of Python)

2005-04-07 Thread Greg Ewing
By the way, is the Parrot project still alive, or has it been given up on? Not that I actually want it, but the idea is kind of morbidly fascinating. -- Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg -- http://mai

Re: Calling a Perl Module from Python ( future direction of Python)

2005-04-07 Thread Greg Ewing
gf gf wrote: Really! That's a pity... Instead of trying to recreate a repository the size of CPAN, a Python interface to Perl modules is really called for. When Parrot comes on line, this presumably will become trivial... -- Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, University of Canterbury, Chris

Re: Calling a Perl Module from Python ( future direction of Python)

2005-04-06 Thread D H
gf gf wrote: Really! That's a pity... Instead of trying to recreate a repository the size of CPAN, a Python interface to Perl modules is really called for. CPAN modules are designed for Perl though. There's pyperl like they mentioned but it's like speaking two languages at once. It's not like th

Re: Calling a Perl Module from Python ( future direction of Python)

2005-04-06 Thread Steve Holden
gf gf wrote: Really! That's a pity... Instead of trying to recreate a repository the size of CPAN, a Python interface to Perl modules is really called for. Something like pyperl, for example? Instead of fretting over decorator syntax and lispiness, might I suggest that development efforts be direc

Re: Calling a Perl Module from Python ( future direction of Python)

2005-04-06 Thread Jeff Reavis
An interface to Perl already exists: http://www.python.org/moin/PyPerl -jjr -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Calling a Perl Module from Python ( future direction of Python)

2005-04-06 Thread gf gf
Really! That's a pity... Instead of trying to recreate a repository the size of CPAN, a Python interface to Perl modules is really called for. Instead of fretting over decorator syntax and lispiness, might I suggest that development efforts be directed to this? Developers, are you listening? Gu

Re: Calling a Perl Module from Python

2005-04-06 Thread jfj
Swaroop C H wrote: AFAIK, there isn't any reliable way to call Perl modules from Python. pyperl. pyperl. pyperl. +10 on making this a standard module for embrace+extend reasons *and* because perl is not that bad after all. jf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Calling a Perl Module from Python

2005-04-06 Thread Swaroop C H
On Apr 6, 2005 8:23 AM, gf gf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've recently made the switch. Wow, is Python great! > One thing which I haven't been able to do is replace > Perl's great lib collection (HTML::Parser, for > instance, can do a lot that Soup just can't). You've just discovered the only l