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Enough with the Cython nonsense! Cython has excellent marketing but it is a really naive compiler. Just figure out how to translate Cython to ctypes+Python for
by joeforker 16y ago
Enough with the Cython nonsense! Cython has excellent marketing but it is a really naive compiler. Just figure out how to translate Cython to ctypes+Python for backwards compatibility and use pypy.
- glenjamin 16y agoCython is supposed to be a naive compiler, it's primary use-case is for speeding up specific functions by having them compiled. That it uses a python-like language to do this is great. I'm reasonably certain the C parts of numpy rely more on implementation optimisations than compiler optimisations for their increased efficiency.
- Estragon 16y agoYou don't know what you're talking about. Using something like Cython (I'm still using Pyrex) to make C extensions dramatically speeds development, if only because it largely solves the reference count problem.