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They have decided to rewrite the C parts of NumPy in RPython, essentially working towards a pure Python version of Numpy. There are a lot more details sprinkle
by leecb 11y ago
They have decided to rewrite the C parts of NumPy in RPython, essentially working towards a pure Python version of Numpy.
There are a lot more details sprinkled across several pages:
http://morepypy.blogspot.mx/2013/11/numpy-status-update.html http://morepypy.blogspot.mx/2013/11/numpy-status-update.html
http://pypy.org/numpydonate.html http://pypy.org/numpydonate.html
- fulafel 11y agoYes, so PyPy can win on small arrays because there is no per-call C FFI overhead in calling into RPython-Numpy. The smaller the operations, the greater the win over CPython.