[Zope-dev] Extending Zope with Eiffel

[Andreas Jung]

The problem is not the Eiffel-Zope integration but the Eiffel-Python
integration.
If Eiffel comes with an open C API it should be possible to bindings for
Python
(however they will look like because I don't know the API). Using Google
I found at least one project working on some kind of Eiffel-Python
integration:

http://epolyglot.sourceforge.net

Maybe that's a good starting point.

Andreas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Roby" <vekn@msn.com>
To: <zope-dev@zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 16:01
Subject: [Zope-dev] Extending Zope with Eiffel


> Ok ... don't laugh (too hard) yet.  I know this sounds of blasphemy but
let
> me explain.
>
> I spent many years as a meteorologist in the Navy.  One tool that would
have
> been invaluable to me (to provide better predictions and warning
> capabilities) is an expert system.  I am sure NOAA probably has one but
the
> Navy doesn't.  And they are the ones that would benefit from such a system
> the most because their forecasting responsibilities are global in nature
> where NOAA has a much smaller yard to watch over.
>
> I have pondered how to build such a system for over 10 years.  Things
began
> to fall into place this year when I stumbled upon Zope and when the Navy
> decided to get serious about Web Services.
>
> I like Python ... but I don't think (as a scripting language) it is up to
> the challenge of an expert system.  A language that I feel is up to the
> challenge is Eiffel (especially in conjunction with ISE EiffelStudio .. an
> awesome modeling and development environment). So a question for the Zope
> guru's out there.  Since Python is such an adept "glue language" and
Eiffel
> systems are distributed as C-packages, from a technical perspective, would
> it be absurd to develop the system in Eiffel and integrate it into Zope as
a
> product (or better yet a Web Service in the future).
>
> Am I way off base here ?  Or am I wrong about my assessment of Python's
> ability to build an expert system ?
>
> Thanks (in advance) for any insight...
>
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