Hi there, I have a question about Zope's ability to interact with C programs. I don't know the *exact* details yet, but hopefully they shouldn't be (too) necessary for you to give me your opinions. Okay, a piece of software has been developed in C to analyse experimental data - lots of number crunching, etc. This is running on a *seperate* machine (or possibly array or machines). They (the developers) want a Web portal developed to interact with this software - yup, I expect the CMF (nee PTK) could be used here. The portal would facilitate (obviously) user accounts, data storage, etc. and would have to facilitate a whole bunch of functions supported by the C programs - data analysis, data visualisation, etc. E.g. a C program is running somewhere and the user enters information through Zope. Actually, I think the data would be held on a database before it is processed. Okay, so data from Zope / a database is sent to a C program, processed, and the output is returned to the user through Zope and displayed in the browser. Basically, I am asking how feasible it would be to use Zope to interact with C programs - to provide input for and display its output. If its a problem, then I expect that Zope and the C programs could be run on the same machine. It would not be possible to re-implement the software in Python - well, I suppose it would, but it's quite a large piece of software that has taken a few years to develop. I would appreciate a few different points of view. Of course, if all of the above is possible then a simple "yes" would suffice - or two "yes's" just to be on the safe side ;-) Thanks very much for your thoughts, - Best regards, Lee -- Lee Reilly mailto:lee.reilly@ntlworld.com http://www.footkick.co.uk/lee