= rubypython

* htp://rubypython.rubyforge.org

== DESCRIPTION:

	RubyPython is a C bridge between Ruby and Python with a Ruby interface. It's aim is to make the power of the Python's great standard library available to Ruby programmers from within Ruby.

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

	Features:
	* Can handle simple conversion of Python builtin types to ruby builtin types and vice versa
	* Can import python modules
	* Can execute arbitrary methods on imported modules and return the result
	* Python objects can be treated as Ruby objects!
	* Python's standard library available to you from within ruby.

== SYNOPSIS:
	RubyPython.start
	cPickle=RubyPython.import("cPickle")
	p cPickle.dumps("RubyPython is awesome!")
	RubyPython.stop
	
== REQUIREMENTS:
	
	* Python >=2.4, < 3.0
	* Ruby >=1.8.7
	
	Note: Rubypython has been test on Mac OS 10.5.x and 10.6.1 as well
	as Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04.
	
	
== INSTALL:

	sudo gem install rubypython
	
== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2008 Zach Raines

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