[Pycon] [new paper] "Stefan Behnel" - Get native with Cython

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Title: Get native with Cython
Duration: 45 (includes Q&A)
Q&A Session: 15
Language: en
Type: Talk

Abstract: [Cython][1] is not only an excellent and widely used tool to speed up computational Python code, it’s also a very comfortable way to talk to native code and libraries. The Cython compiler translates Python code to C or C++ code, and supports static type annotations to allow direct use of C/C++ data types and functions. The tight integration of all three languages makes it possible to freely mix Python features like generators and comprehensions with C/C++ features like native data types, pointer arithmetic or manually tuned memory management in the same code.

This talk by a core developer introduces the Cython compiler by interactive code examples and presents features that continue to make Cython the best choice for the development of fast and portable Python extensions.

[1] http://cython.org/

Tags: [u'cython', u'performance', u'native extension', u'compiler']