Is there a scripting interface to Ptolemy II ?
The PythonScript actor includes and interface to Jython, a Java implementation of Python. The PythonScript actor allows the user to define an actor on the fly by defining the fire() and other methods in Python. Using an interpreted language in this context instead of defining actors in Java means that we need not recompile and restart Ptolemy II to make a change to an actor. The tradeoff is that a PythonScript actor will run more slowly than a similar actor implemented in Java. For details, see http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/ptIIlatest/ptII/doc/codeDoc/ptolemy/actor/lib/python/PythonScript.html The Ptolemy II test suite uses Jacl, a Java implementation of Tcl as a scripting language. With Jacl, we can build and run models using an interpreted scripting environment without compilation and avoiding the usual edit/compile/run loop. For details, see the Testing link in http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/ptIIlatest/ptII/doc/coding/ 5.9 What about Code Generation? Certain
