Re: ISIS/S-Lang and Python

On Dec 1, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Michael Noble wrote:

> Then, as Mike Nowak noted, the CFA data systems group has probably
> make local tweaks to PySL; they're using S-Lang 2 in the latest
> Python-enabled versions of CIAO, and AFAIK some version/descendant
> of PySL is being used to bridge between the two scripting languages.

And I've been trolling our internal web pages, and can't actually find  
a page devoted to it.  It *is* being used in the CIAO release, which  
means if one does a source code download of the current beta release  
of Sherpa, or waits for the CIAO 4.1 version of Sherpa, the PySl  
source will be there.  It will be largely undocumented, but it will be  
there.  Unfortunately, any more formal maintenance as a "package" is  
not there, nor is it likely to ever return.  The original code  
developer has long since left, and is developing iPhone applications  
in Python (his "favorite language", or so says his blog...).  So, PySl  
is  now a Chandra/CXC/DS only resource.  However, the Sherpa lead,  
Stephen Doe, is a reasonable guy, and could probably provide you with  
a copy of the latest version of the code, and some amount of help with  
any build issues you encounter.

-Mike

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