# Using cppyy for julia/C++ interoperability

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-cppyy-for-julia-c-interoperability/63979
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** cxx
**Created:** [July 3, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-cppyy-for-julia-c-interoperability/63979 "2021-07-03T08:28:35Z")
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### Author: ![lungben](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lungben/32/12314_2.png) [@lungben](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lungben)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-cppyy-for-julia-c-interoperability/63979/5 "2021-07-03T20:25:51Z")

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Asking as someone without any C++ experience - what is the advantage of Cxx.jl compared to the built-in ccall?  
For me it seems that the unavaliability of Cxx.jl is not a showstopper, there is a large number of wrapped C/C++ libraries available in Julia.

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