[BioPython] bioperl with python

Jeffrey Chang jchang@smi.stanford.edu
Tue, 3 Dec 2002 22:42:11 -0800


As a historical sidenote, when we first started this project, we had
extensive discussions on how closely we would try to match bioperl
APIs and functionality.  We came to the conclusion then that things
are more naturally expressed differently in python and perl,
e.g. string indexing and slicing.  We've often chosen to do things
more "pythonically", even when it means deviating from the bioperl way
of doing things.  It seems like Biojava has also gone this route.

Jeff



On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 09:23:02PM +0100, Rune Linding - EMBL Biocomputing Unit wrote:
> hi
> 
> i guess this somehow reflect the lack of certain modules in bio.py ...
> 
> perhaps we should discuss how to port bio.pl modules more or less
> directly into bio.py.....no reason for reinventing the wheel i guess
> 
> ?
> r.
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 11:02:53AM -0800, Jeffrey Chang wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 07:13:35PM +0100, pepe wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Is there any way to use bioperl modules with python ?
> > > thank you
> > 
> > You can try looking into extensions such as Minotaur that let you run
> > perl scripts from within python.
> > http://www.equi4.com/minotaur/minotaur.html
> > 
> > But the answer is probably going to be no...
> > 
> > Jeff
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