Question

I created a module in Python which provides about a dozen functionalities. While it will be mostly used from within Python, there is a good fraction of legacy users which will be calling it from Perl.

What is the best way to make a plug in to this module? My thoughts are:

1. Provide the functionalities as command line utilities and make system calls
2. Create some sort of server and handle RPC calls (say, via JSON RPC)

Any advise?

Answer 1

One other choice is to inline Python directly in your Perl script, using Inline::Python.

This may be simpler than other solutions, and only requires one additional module.