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Why not just use Cython[1]?

Why not just use Cython[1]? Optimizing pure Python is a waste of time. You end up with weird, unidiomatic code that it takes ages to come up with, because you're fighting the language. And in the end you hit a wall: a point at which the code can't go any faster. If you just write Cython, you can easily reason about what the code is doing, and how you should write it to be more performant. Ultimately you can make the code run as fast as C, if necessary. [1] http://cython.org/

Posted by syllogism on May 8, 2015, 12:05 PM

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Why not just use Cython[1]?

syllogismMay 8, 2015, 12:05 PM

Why not just use Cython[1]? Optimizing pure Python is a waste of time. You end up with weird, unidiomatic code that it takes ages to come up with, because you're fighting the language. And in the end you hit a wall: a point at which the code can't go any faster. If you just write Cython, you can easily reason about what the code is doing, and how you should write it to be more performant. Ultimately you can make the code run as fast as C, if necessary. [1] http://cython.org/

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