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Claiming that using wrapped libraries written in another programming language (LAPACK, anyone?) is an inauthentic usage of the language (here, Python) is pedant

by wesm 11y ago

Claiming that using wrapped libraries written in another programming language (LAPACK, anyone?) is an inauthentic usage of the language (here, Python) is pedantic and unhelpful. C is just a wrapper for assembly, then, right?

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lmm 11y ago
Sometimes it's not - sometimes LAPACK is written in C. Sometimes your C is just a wrapper around FORTRAN and people should take this fact seriously: modern FORTRAN is often a better option than C for numerical workloads.
- wesm 11y ago
  I never stated what language LAPACK was written in.
  - lmm 11y ago
    Then what was "C is just a wrapper for assembly, then, right?" supposed to mean?
    - wesm 11y ago
      Drawing a parallel!
      - lmm 11y ago
        What's the parallel? Python wrapping a C library is very different from C compiling down to assembly (which is often not even how C is compiled).