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Another Scripting Talk?

• MUG 1996, DayPerl, Alex Wong
• MUG 1997, DayTcl, Roger E Critchlow Jr
• MUG 1998, DayScripting, Roger (again)
• MUG 1999, PyDaylight, Andrew Dalke

Roger's DaySWIG supports Python, so why am I here?

• Previous interfaces preserved C semantics
• Don't support newer language paradigms:
  • Object-oriented programming,
  • Exceptions,
  • Automatic garbage collection.

Can we add those features? Yes!

• New algorithms are:
  • Developed faster,
  • With fewer bugs and memory leaks,
  • Contain fewer lines of code.
• The resulting code is:
  • More maintainable,
  • Easier to integrate with other components,
  • Has a shorter learning curve.