[sword-devel] API's to sword
John Gardner
sword-devel@crosswire.org
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 08:01:53 -0700
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I have noted a fair number of suggestions regarding an API for Python.
Admittedly the suggestion I have to make is very Windows centric but for
Windows people it would be a good one. Instead of creating a specialized
API for Python, why not provide a COM (IUnknown interface) with IDispatch in
essence make SWORD an ActiveX server. This will allow folks to choose the
scripting language of their choice: jscript, java, C++, vbscript, VB, VBA
(MS Office apps), perl, python, and tcl just to name a few. This would also
allow SWORD to be used as a WEB service on a IIS server (maybe Apache too?)
via asp or cgi.
I think you'll have to implement the COM interfaces yourself assuming you
are using the GNU compiler - not easy but probably worth while. There are
books (Essential COM by Don Box)
I don't know if Linux supports COM. Some flavors of UNIX do.
"Pretty this ain't, but sometimes a programmer's just gotta do what a
programmer's gotta do." - Scott Meyers
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