Interface Programing in Linux

Using the programming interface from other languages
Although the example programs are written in C, you can use the interfaces described
in this book from other programming languages—for example, compiled languages
such as C++, Pascal, Modula, Ada, FORTRAN, D, and scripting languages such as
Perl, Python, and Ruby. (Java requires a different approach; see, for example,
[Rochkind, 2004].) Different techniques will be required to obtain the necessary
constant definitions and function declarations (except in the case of C++), and some
extra work may be needed to pass function arguments in the manner required by C
linkage conventions. Notwithstanding these differences, the essential concepts are
the same, and you’ll find the information in this book is applicable even if you are
working in another programming language.