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<h2 align="center">Projects using Boost.Python</h2>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>This is a partial list of projects using Boost.Python. If you are
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using Boost.Python as your Python/C++ binding solution, we'd be proud to
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list your project on this page. Just <a href=
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"mailto:c++-sig@python.org">post</a> a short description of your project
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and how Boost.Python helps you get the job done, and we'll add it to this
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<h3>Data Analysis</h3>
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<dl class="page-index">
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<dt><b><a href=
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"http://www.neuralynx.com/neuralab/index.htm">NeuraLab</a></b></dt>
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<dd>Neuralab is a data analysis environment specifically tailored for
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neural data from <a href="http://www.neuralynx.com">Neuralynx</a>
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acquisition systems. Neuralab combines presentation quality graphics, a
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numerical analysis library, and the <a href=
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"http://www.python.org">Python</a> scripting engine in a single
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application. With Neuralab, Neuralynx users can perform common analysis
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tasks with just a few mouse clicks. More advanced users can create
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custom Python scripts, which can optionally be assigned to menus and
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mouse clicks.</dd>
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<dt><b>TSLib</b> - <a href="http://www.fortressinv.com">Fortress
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Investment Group LLC</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Fortress Investment Group has contracted <a href=
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"http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a> to develop
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core internal financial analysis tools in C++ and to prepare Python
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bindings for them using Boost.Python.
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<p>Tom Barket of Fortress writes:</p>
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We have a large C++ analytical library specialized for research in
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finance and economics, built for speed and mission critical
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stability. Yet Python offers us the flexibility to test out new
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ideas quickly and increase the productivity of our time versus
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working in C++. There are several key features which make Python
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stand out. Its elegance, stability, and breadth of resources on the
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web are all valuable, but the most important is its extensibility,
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due to its open source transparency. Boost.Python makes Python
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extensibility extremely simple and straightforward, yet preserves a
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great deal of power and control.
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<h3>Educational</h3>
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<dl class="page-index">
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<dt><a href="http://edu.kde.org/kig"><b>Kig</b></a></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>KDE Interactive Geometry is a high-school level educational tool,
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built for the KDE desktop. It is a nice tool to let students work
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with geometrical constructions. It is meant to be the most intuitive,
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yet featureful application of its kind.</p>
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<p>Versions after 0.6.x (will) support objects built by the user
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himself in the Python language. The exporting of the relevant
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internal API's were done using Boost.Python, which made the process
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very easy.</p>
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</dd>
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<h3>Enterprise Software</h3>
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<dt><b><a href="http://openwbem.sourceforge.net">OpenWBEM</a></b></dt>
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The OpenWBEM project is an effort to develop an open-source
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implementation of Web Based Enterprise Management suitable for
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commercial and non-commercial application
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<p><a href="mailto:dnuffer@sco.com">Dan Nuffer</a> writes:</p>
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I'm using Boost.Python to wrap the client API of OpenWBEM.This will
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make it easier to do rapid prototyping, testing, and scripting when
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developing management solutions that use WBEM.
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</dd>
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.transversal.com">Metafaq</a></b></dt>
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Metafaq, from <a href="http://www.transversal.com">Transversal,
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Inc.</a>, is an enterprise level online knowledge base management
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system.
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<p><a href="mailto:ben.young-at-transversal.com">Ben Young</a>
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writes:</p>
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<blockquote>
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Boost.Python is used in an automated process to generate python
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bindings to our api which is exposed though multiple backends and
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frontends. This allows us to write quick tests and bespoke scripts
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to perform one off tasks without having to go through the full
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compilation cycle.
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</blockquote>
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<h3>Games</h3>
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.firaxis.com">Civilization IV</a></b></dt>
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<blockquote>
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“The fourth game in the PC strategy series that has
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sold over five million copies, Sid Meier's Civilization IV is a bold
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step forward for the franchise, with spectacular new 3D graphics and
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all-new single and multiplayer content. Civilization IV will also set a
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new standard for user-modification, allowing gamers to create their own
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add-ons using Python and XML.
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<p>Sid Meier's Civilization IV will be released for PC in late 2005.
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For more information please visit <a href=
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"http://www.firaxis.com">http://www.firaxis.com</a> or write <a href=
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"mailto:kgilmore@firaxis.com">kgilmore@firaxis.com</a>”</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Boost.Python is used as the interface layer between the C++ game code
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and Python. Python is used for many purposes in the game, including map
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generation, interface screens, game events, tools, tutorials, etc. Most
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high-level game operations have been exposed to Python in order to give
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modders the power they need to customize the game.</p>
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<blockquote>
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-Mustafa Thamer, Civ4 Lead Programmer
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<dt><b><a href="http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net">Vega
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Strike</a></b></dt>
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<dd>
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<a href="http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net">Vega Strike</a> is the 3D
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Space Simulator that allows you to trade and bounty hunt in a vast
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universe. Players face dangers, decisions, piracy, and aliens.
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<p><a href="http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net">Vega Strike</a> has
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decided to base its scripting on python, using boost as the layer
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between the class hierarchy in python and the class hierarchy in C++.
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The result is a very flexible scripting system that treats units as
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native python classes when designing missions or writing AI's.</p>
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<p>A large economic and planetary simulation is currently being run
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in the background in python and the results are returned back into
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C++ in the form of various factions' spaceships appearing near worlds
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that they are simulated to be near in python if the player is in the
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general neighborhood.</p>
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<h3>Graphics</h3>
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<dt><b><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyosg">OpenSceneGraph
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Bindings</a></b></dt>
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<dd><a href="mailto:gideon@computer.org">Gideon May</a> has created a
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set of bindings for <a href=
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"http://www.openscenegraph.org">OpenSceneGraph</a>, a cross-platform
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C++/OpenGL library for the real-time visualization.<br>
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</dd>
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<dt><b><a href=
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"http://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/ek/hippodraw/index.html">HippoDraw</a></b></dt>
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<dd>
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HippoDraw is a data analysis environment consisting of a canvas upon
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which graphs such as histograms, scattter plots, etc, are prsented.
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It has a highly interactive GUI interface, but some things you need
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to do with scripts. HippoDraw can be run as Python extension module
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so that all the manipulation can be done from either Python or the
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GUI.
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<p>Before the web page came online, <a href=
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"mailto:Paul_Kunz@SLAC.Stanford.EDU">Paul F. Kunz</a> wrote:</p>
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Don't have a web page for the project, but the organization's is <a
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href=
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"http://www.slac.stanford.edu">http://www.slac.stanford.edu</a>
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(the first web server site in America, I installed it).
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</blockquote>
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Which was just too cool a piece of trivia to omit.<br>
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://www.iplt.org"><b>IPLT</b></a></dt>
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<a href="mailto:ansgar.philippsen-at-unibas.ch">Ansgar Philippsen</a>
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writes:
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IPLT is an image processing library and toolbox for the structural
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biology electron microscopy community. I would call it a
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budding/evolving project, since it is currently not in production
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stage, but rather under heavy development. Python is used as the
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main scripting/interaction level, but also for rapid prototyping,
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since the underlying C++ class library is pretty much fully exposed
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via boost.python (at least the high-level interface). The combined
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power of C++ and Python for this project turned out to be just
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awesome.
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<br>
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</dd>
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<dt><a href=
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"http://www.procoders.net/pythonmagick"><b>PythonMagick</b></a></dt>
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<dd>PythonMagick binds the <a href=
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"http://www.graphicsmagick.org">GraphicsMagick</a> image manipulation
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library to Python.<br>
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</dd>
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<h3>Scientific Computing</h3>
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<dt><a href="http://camfr.sourceforge.net"><b>CAMFR</b></a></dt>
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<dd>
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CAMFR is a photonics and electromagnetics modelling tool. Python is
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used for computational steering.
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<p><a href="mailto:Peter.Bienstman@rug.ac.be">Peter Bienstman</a>
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writes:</p>
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<blockquote>
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Thanks for providing such a great tool!
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://cctbx.sourceforge.net"><b>cctbx - Computational
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Crystallography Toolbox</b></a></dt>
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<dd>
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Computational Crystallography is concerned with the derivation of
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atomic models of crystal structures, given experimental X-ray
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diffraction data. The cctbx is an open-source library of fundamental
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algorithms for crystallographic computations. The core algorithms are
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implemented in C++ and accessed through higher-level Python
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interfaces.
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<p>The cctbx grew together with Boost.Python and is designed from the
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ground up as a hybrid Python/C++ system. With one minor exception,
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run-time polymorphism is completely handled by Python. C++
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compile-time polymorphism is used to implement performance critical
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algorithms. The Python and C++ layers are seamlessly integrated using
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Boost.Python.</p>
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<p>The SourceForge cctbx project is organized in modules to
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facilitate use in non-crystallographic applications. The scitbx
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module implements a general purpose array family for scientific
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applications and pure C++ ports of FFTPACK and the LBFGS conjugate
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gradient minimizer.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://www.llnl.gov/CASC/emsolve"><b>EMSolve</b></a></dt>
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<dd>EMSolve is a provably stable, charge conserving, and energy
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conserving solver for Maxwell's equations.<br>
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</dd>
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<dt><b><a href="http://cern.ch/gaudi">Gaudi</a></b> and <b><a href=
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"http://cern.ch/Gaudi/RootPython/">RootPython</a></b></dt>
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<dd>
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Gaudi is a framework for particle physics collision data processing
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applications developed in the context of the LHCb and ATLAS
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experiments at CERN.
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<p><a href="mailto:Pere.Mato@cern.ch">Pere Mato Vila</a> writes:</p>
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We are using Boost.Python to provide scripting/interactive
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capability to our framework. We have a module called "GaudiPython"
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implemented using Boost.Python that allows the interaction with any
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framework service or algorithm from python. RootPython also uses
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Boost.Python to provide a generic "gateway" between the <a href=
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"http://root.cern.ch">ROOT</a> framework and python
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<p>Boost.Python is great. We managed very quickly to interface our
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framework to python, which is great language. We are trying to
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facilitate to our physicists (end-users) a rapid analysis
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application development environment based on python. For that,
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Boost.Python plays and essential role.</p>
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.esss.com.br">ESSS</a></b></dt>
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<dd>
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ESSS (Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software) is a company
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that provides engineering solutions and acts in the brazilian and
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south-american market providing products and services related to
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Computational Fluid Dynamics and Image Analysis.
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<p><a href="mailto:bruno@esss.com.br">Bruno da Silva de Oliveira</a>
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writes:</p>
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Recently we moved our work from working exclusively with C++ to an
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hybrid-language approach, using Python and C++, with Boost.Python
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providing the layer between the two. The results are great so far!
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</blockquote>
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<p>Two projects have been developed so far with this technology:</p>
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<p><b><a href="http://www.esss.com.br/dev_simba.phtml">Simba</a></b>
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provides 3D visualization of geological formations gattered from the
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simulation of the evolution of oil systems, allowing the user to
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analyse various aspects of the simulation, like deformation, pressure
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and fluids, along the time of the simulation.</p>
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<p><b><a href="http://www.esss.com.br/dev_aero.phtml">Aero</a></b>
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aims to construct a CFD with brazilian technology, which involves
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various companies and universities. ESSS is responsible for various
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of the application modules, including GUI and post-processing of
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results.</p>
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.rationaldiscovery.com">Rational Discovery
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LLC</a></b></dt>
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Rational Discovery provides computational modeling, combinatorial
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library design and custom software development services to the
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pharmaceutical, biotech and chemical industries. We do a substantial
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amount of internal research to develop new approaches for applying
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machine-learning techniques to solve chemical problems. Because we're
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a small organization and chemistry is a large and complex field, it
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is essential that we be able to quickly and easily prototype and test
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new algorithms.
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<p>For our internal software, we implement core data structures in C
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and expose them to Python using Boost.Python. Algorithm development
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is done in Python and then translated to C if required (often it's
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not). This hybrid development approach not only greatly increases our
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productivity, but it also allows "non-developers" (people without C
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experience) to take part in method development. Learning C is a
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daunting task, but "Python fits your brain." (Thanks to Bruce Eckel
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for the quote.)</p>
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<h3>Systems Libraries</h3>
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<dt><a href="http://itamarst.org/software"><b>Fusion</b></a></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>Fusion is a library that supports implementing protocols in C++
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for use with Twisted, allowing control over memory allocation
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strategies, fast method calls internally, etc.. Fusion supports TCP,
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UDP and multicast, and is implemented using the Boost.Python python
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bindings.</p>
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<p>Fusion is licensed under the MIT license, and available for
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download from <a href=
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"http://itamarst.org/software">http://itamarst.org/software</a>.</p>
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<h3>Tools</h3>
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<dt><a href="http://www.jayacard.org"><b>Jayacard</b></a></dt>
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<dd>
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Jayacard aims at developing a secure portable open source operating
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system for contactless smart cards and a complete suite of high
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quality development tools to ease smart card OS and application
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development.
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<p>The core of the smart card reader management is written in C++ but
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all the development tools are written in the friendly Python
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language. Boost plays the fundamental role of binding the tools to
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our core smart card reader library.</p>
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</dd>
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<p><i>© Copyright <a href="../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
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Abrahams</a> 2002-2003.</i></p>
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