IT-1228: Refactor repo to use isxcore C++ API

[nosheen-adil]

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Refactor the python API so that it's no longer a pure python implementation. Instead this API is a wrapper around the isxcore C++ API, used in the IDPS GUI and IDPS Python/MATLAB APIs.

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[sg-s]

i am curious to learn how users can install this on macos/arm64 outside of a conda environment

[nosheen-adil]

i am curious to learn how users can install this on macos/arm64 outside of a conda environment

@sg-s Unfortunately the isxcore c++ api is not compatible with arm64 on macos yet. This is another big revamp of the api that I want to prioritize for this year, but it's not in the scope of this PR.

For the time being, users can use the previous, limited, pure python api version. Another option is creating a Docker image with the Linux version of the api installed so that users with Apple Silicon can use this api. Do you think that would be helpful?

[sg-s]

i see. a lot of my original motivation was just the ability to read isxd files on macOS/arm64. excited to see the new c++ api when it's compiled for arm64!