[BioLib-dev] R: [emboss-dev] EMBOSS 6.3.0 released - SAM/BAM

[Pjotr Prins]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:16:48AM -0500, Chris Fields wrote:
> > Only problem, as you may agree, is that this is a Perl XS binding. XS
> > is hard to do, hard to maintain and these modules tend to suffer from
> > bit-rot. Providing bindings for different languages is duplication of
> > effort. 
> 
> So this would also argue for possible BioLib bindings to SamTools, correct?

Yes. SWIG is much nicer and and easier to maintain, as it generates
bindings automagically. BioLib merely leverages that capability. If
SamTools were updated we simply need to import the source/headers and
generate the bindings. Robert is the proverbial uncle.

Pj.