Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> writes: > On 6/5/2014 4:07 PM, Alain Ketterlin wrote: > >>> When I compile Cython modules I use LLVM on this computer. >> >> Cython is not Python, it is another language, with an incompatible >> syntax. > > Cython compiles Python with optional extensions that allow additional > speed ups over compiling Python as is. In other word, the Cython > language is a Python superset.
You're right. What I question is the fact that anybody uses Cython without the additional syntax. There is little chance that a "pure" Python program will see any significant speedup when compiled with Cython (or, if it does, it means that the "canonical" Python interpreter has some sub-optimal behavior that will, eventually, be corrected). The nice thing with optional type annotations and an hypothetical Python compiler would be that you could, e.g., continue using the interpreter during development and then compile for production use. Or whatever mix you need. -- Alain. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
