Session: Extending Python, what is the best option for me?

Location:
B05/B06
Duration:
July 22, 2014 11:00 - 11:45
Language:
English
Target-audience:
Advanced

Python is a great language, but there are occasions where we need access to low level operations or connect with some database driver written in C. With the FFI(Foreign function interface) we can connect Python with other languages like C, C++ and even the new Rust. There are some alternatives to achieve this goal, Native Extensions, Ctypes and CFFI. I'll compare this three ways of extending Python.

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