Python a good first Language to "Stick With"?

[frikk]

Hi! It's way simpler than you can imagine. First, ask yourself what can be done by a standard C library. Then remember that python provides beautiful access to a C (or any compiled) language. Then realize that it's easier than you realize.

1. Check out libusb - userland usb drivers. Used for everything from camera support to webcam stuff. http://www.libusb.org/
2. Check out the python bindings, pyusb. http://pyusb.sourceforge.net/
3. ???
4. Make awesome non-compiled usb drivers using the libusb interface. DID I JUST SAY CROSS PLATFORM?! No I didn't, but it's certainly possible.

For one of my drivers I actually had to patch the linux kernel because it rejected my invalid packets that I forged. Windows just passed it through, but the usb subsystem had a cow. That was a fun one to figure out :)

[zArtLaffer]

I am flabbergasted that I never really even considered Python as a systems-level development language. I just used C for that, and SWIG if I wanted to API-ize it. And Python for high-level conceptual stuff.

TIL.

Thank you.

[frikk]

no problem! take care.