what is the difference to http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3146/ ?
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Travis Oliphant <teoliph...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey all, > > I gave a lightning talk this morning on numba which is the start of a > Python compiler to machine code through the LLVM tool-chain. It is proof > of concept stage only at this point (use it only if you are interested in > helping develop the code at this point). The only thing that works is a > fast-vectorize capability on a few functions (without for-loops). But, it > shows how creating functions in Python that can be used by the NumPy > runtime in various ways. Several NEPS that will be discussed in the > coming months will use this concept. > > Right now there is very little design documentation, but I will be adding > some in the days ahead, especially if I get people who are interested in > collaborating on the project. I did talk to Fijal and Alex of the PyPy > project at PyCon and they both graciously suggested that I look at some of > the PyPy code which walks the byte-code and does translation to their > intermediate representation for inspiration. > > Again, the code is not ready for use, it is only proof of concept, but I > would like to get feedback and help especially from people who might have > written compilers before. The code lives at: > https://github.com/ContinuumIO/numba > > -Travis > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > >
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