Get native with Cython
summary
Cython compiles Python to C/C++ producing large generated files (about 3,300 lines of C for a tiny script) and supports optional static types that convert object ops to plain C giving real speedups (benchmarks show 1.3–3× versus CPython, hand-tuned cases 4–50×, inner loops up to 100–1000×). Live demos use %cython and IPython/Jupyter cells, annotated HTML output, automatic wrapping of C functions, linking to Lua showing correct results and a 2× speed change when swapping implementations, and seamless C++ vector to Python list conversion.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:16About me
- 2:49What is Cython
- 4:35How to use Python
- 5:21Python Code Example
- 8:01Distribution
- 9:28Code portability
- 11:05Python language features
- 13:08Speed
- 15:16Static type declarations
- 16:47Talking to native code
- 18:05Python support
- 20:37Compile
- 22:10Annotation
- 25:09C functions
- 31:08C arrays
- 33:25C plus
- 37:33Conclusion
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