Embedding Python
Just want to share some useful links about embedding Python to your C-based application: the main article: Embedding Python in Another Application additional article that shows peculiarities of multithreading, sockets and shared memory: Embedding Python in C/C++ ( Part1 , Part2 ) Cython (or Pyrex ) can be used to reduce handwritten code for Python interoperability: A quick Cython introduction If you have doubts about Python size, there are some minimal implementations: see Embedded Python article. Let me quote tinypy : tinypy is a minimalist implementation of python in 64k of code ... What more could you possibly want?? a pony? However, I highly recommend to use classic CPython implementation (basically because it has a huge number of contributors and supporters, and has an excellent documentation). It can be stripped up to 1-2 megabytes depending of your requirements.