pybind is an interface-generating
C++ library
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to allow for interoperability between C++ and
Python
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. It is based on the previously existing
Boost.Python. Development started in 2015 and as of June, 2025 the latest release was version 2.13.6 on 13 September 2024.
See also
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SWIG
The Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator (SWIG) is an open-source software tool used to connect computer programs or libraries written in C or C++ with scripting languages such as Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Tcl, and other lang ...
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Cython
Cython () is a superset of the programming language Python, which allows developers to write Python code (with optional, C-inspired syntax extensions) that yields performance comparable to that of C.
Cython is a compiled language that is ty ...
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Cross-platform software
Free computer programming tools
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