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		ermintrude on March 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python vs Julia – an example from machine learning Can you also call C++ libraries directly from Julia?

mbauman on March 12, 2014 [–]

Name mangling, as always, is a mess. If they export extern "C" headers, then of course there's no trouble.

There's work on interfacing with the C++ ABI, though. See Cpp.jl[0] and Clang.jl (whose C++ support is still a WIP)[1].

[0]. https://github.com/timholy/Cpp.jl

[1]. https://github.com/ihnorton/Clang.jl/issues/20

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