I decided that whenever I have the choice to do so, I'll use only Free Software in my freelancing business, and I never had a reason to regret this decision.

One of the problems, which less popular scripting languages encounter, is the lack of libraries for performing various operations. Frequently, those libraries are available - but for another scripting language.

As a first step to alleviate this problem, PyGuile allows scripts written in Scheme and executed by Guile to invoke Python libraries. This makes the rich library ecosystem of Python available also to Guile users.

The thought, which went into PyGuile's design, was documented in PyGuile design documents in my blog.

The package is available for download from: pyguile-0.3.0.tgz

The project is currently looking for users i.e. problems, to which it is the best solution. Feedback from users will help direct PyGuile's future evolution.

DISCLAIMER: While it has undergone some testing, version 0.3.0 is still at beta level. Use it at your own risk!

Background For a project, I needed to evaluate sound processing modules for use in software written in Python. After finishing my evaluation, I decided to make the evaluation criteria and results publicly available. This way, more people can also help themselves and other people by sending me corrections and information about new Python sound modules.

Introduction One of the advantages of Open Source Software is that if anything itches you, you can develop, or pay someone else - like me - to develop something to scratch your itch. In this page you'll find links to some little things which I developed to scratch my own itches. Maybe you'll find here something useful for you, too.

The original version of this Web page was created at 1995. Since then, a lot of things changed in Israel, the world and the border between them, rendering much of the information obsolete. Therefore, the FAQ was withdrawn.