>cython, weave (C++ inline), numexpr (JIT for a limited set of NumPy functions), direct access to the BLAS (provided via a SciPy module), swig, f2py,.... I agr

>cython, weave (C++ inline), numexpr (JIT for a limited set of NumPy functions), direct access to the BLAS (provided via a SciPy module), swig, f2py,.... I agree with your comment, I just want to add a few more Python performance options to the mix: * Numba (http://numba.pydata.org/) * Parakeet (https://github.com/iskandr/parakeet) * Pythran (https://github.com/serge-sans-paille/pythran)