jhsaunders-Wrapping C with Perl.pptVIP

Wrapping C++ with Perl Brian Magill March 2009 SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator) Wraps C++ with Perl or other computer languages Generates the connecting wrapper code for both C++ and Perl (or other target language). C++ code then compiled and linked into a library Perl scripts call Perl wrapper, which in turn calls C++ library Motivation Code high level functionality in Perl: File, Database I/O String manipulation, pattern matching, etc. Sorting, organizing data Applying functions to elements of arrays Filtering out elements from arrays Code Toolkit interfaces and computatio