On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Stefan Behnel <stefan...@behnel.de> wrote: > [warning, long post ahead] [all snipped]
Thanks for the clarifications. I now have a much better understanding of what Cython is. But I'm not sold. For one, your attitude about strict language compatibility worries me when it comes to the stdlib. Also, I don't know how big it is, but it seems putting the cart before the horse to use it to optimize the stdlib. Cython feels much less mature than CPython; but the latter should only have dependencies that themselves change even slower than CPython. I also am unclear on how exactly you're supporting the different semantics in Python 2 vs. 3 without recompiling. OTOH I think you've got the perfect audience in the scientific Python world. Have you tried replacing selected stdlib modules with their Cython-optimized equivalents in some of the NumPy/SciPy distros? (E.g. what about Enthought's Python distros?) Depending on how well that goes I might warm up to Cython more! -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
