using common lisp with python.

[levicc00123]

is there a way to embed common lisp programs in python?

 

[Pierre Barbier de Reuille]

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is there a way to embed common lisp programs in python?

It depends on what you call "embedding" ... can you be more specifiv
about what you want ?

 

[levicc00123]

basically, what I'm looking to do is use python as a bridge between C
and Common Lisp to create a virtual city that contains Artificial life.

 

[cipherpunk]

Your best bet is probably to look into your LISP environment's FFI
(Foreign Function Interface). Most LISP environments have some way to
call C code directly. Insofar as going back the other way... that I'm
a little more sketchy on. Guile (the Scheme compiler from GNU) is a
strong contender, though. It's not Common LISP, but it's a LISP with
copious documentation for how to call it from C.

I really can't see a reason to use Python as a glue layer. I'd
recommend rewriting your LISP code in Python before I'd recommend using
Python to interface between Common LISP and C.

 

[Robert Kern]

Your best bet is probably to look into your LISP environment's FFI
(Foreign Function Interface). Most LISP environments have some way to
call C code directly. Insofar as going back the other way... that I'm
a little more sketchy on. Guile (the Scheme compiler from GNU) is a
strong contender, though. It's not Common LISP, but it's a LISP with
copious documentation for how to call it from C.

ECL might be a good choice for real Common Lisp (more or less).

http://ecls.sourceforge.net/

I really can't see a reason to use Python as a glue layer. I'd
recommend rewriting your LISP code in Python before I'd recommend using
Python to interface between Common LISP and C.

Agreed.

--
Robert Kern
(e-mail address removed)

"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
-- Richard Harter

 

[Mike Meyer]

Your best bet is probably to look into your LISP environment's FFI
(Foreign Function Interface). Most LISP environments have some way to
call C code directly. Insofar as going back the other way... that I'm
a little more sketchy on. Guile (the Scheme compiler from GNU) is a
strong contender, though. It's not Common LISP, but it's a LISP with
copious documentation for how to call it from C.

I believe SCM is also extensible/embeddable - and is generally a more
complete LISP system than Guile. However, it's still Scheme instead of
CL.

I really can't see a reason to use Python as a glue layer. I'd
recommend rewriting your LISP code in Python before I'd recommend using
Python to interface between Common LISP and C.

Agreed.

<mike

 

[levicc00123]

Thank you all for the advice, I think I'll be writing my lisp code in
python.