On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:03:01 +0100 Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2006-02-03, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>>Actually, manipulating and mixing audio samples can be > >both fast and >>elegant, in Python, if you use Numeric or > >a similar library. > > >>... at which point you're actually doing it in C, not > >pure python... :) > > > > If that's the way you want to look at it, there is > > nothing that can be done in pure python. > > I think people who say that deliberately misunderstand the > point. Python is suitable for some things, not for > others. So is C. --
To me, "doing it in C" implies that I must write some C code. In this case, that won't be required at all. Everything the OP wants to do can be done exclusively by writing Python code. He will, of course, be *using* some extension libraries which might in turn have been written in C (or Fortran, assembly language, or ADA for that matter -- but practically speaking, C). This will be true whether he uses PyMedia, PyGame, Numeric or all three. Indeed, as an implementation matter only the "glue code" will be interpreted in Python -- but the OP will not have to write anything but such "glue code". For me, who no longer writes *any* C code, not having to write the C code is a big win. And I think this is the PoV relevant to the OP. Cheers, Terry -- Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
