On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:04 PM, rjf <fate...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's helpful. Forgive me for asking for information. I see, > somewhat later, that this has to do with adding type declarations. > Just the ticket. To me is suggests that Python is inappropriate for > numerical work -- for which C is more appropriate.
Indeed, Python is inappropriate for programming anything which is cpu-intensive. IMHO, were not for cython/pyrex, sage would be doomed. Actually, I believe pyrex is one of the main reasons William settled with python for sage. > And so the veneer > of Python is insufficient. Of course using (optional) declarations in > Lisp helps some compilers to produce better numerical code. Some of > that code generation (depending on the Lisp system) is even done with > C as an intermediary. And has been done that way since, oh, 1984 or > so. The goal of Python/Cython is to code with *less* parenthesis than C. Other than that, it's probably the same venerable idea. Gonzalo -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
