Like SWIG, Boost takes C++ code and generates C/C++ extension code and Python
wrappers around that extension code, which one can then use from the
Python interpreter. Sage does not use Boost because it is large and
difficult to redistribute and it is meant much more for wrapping
existing C++ libraries. Boost also uses a very complicated and
specialized build system.
Release 2008.07.11, documentation updated on July 11, 2008.
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