On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > Lovely clear explanation, Carlos. The only thing i'd add is the > relatively recent addition of support for typically interpreted > languages (e.g., Python, Ruby) on both the Java Virtual Machine and the > .NET Common Language Runtime.
I just discovered Cython. This is the tight integration of C with Python that provides several benefits. It allows C functions to be directly called by python modules and, important for me, it will compile portions of code into shared libraries that can be called by python functions. The latter speeds up CPU-bound computations and provides the algorithmic security of compiled code. Cython is heavily used with NumPy, SciPy, Octave, and SAGE (a FOSS replacement for Mathematica and other symbolic math applications). Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
