[Python-Dev] Cython for cPickle?

R. David Murray rdmurray at bitdance.com
Thu Apr 19 15:28:21 CEST 2012


On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:44:06 +0200, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> Also, while C is a low-level language, Cython is a different language
> than Python when you start using its optimization features. This means
> core developers have to learn that language.

Hmm.  On the other hand, perhaps some core developers (present or
future) would prefer to learn Cython over learning C [*].

--David

[*] For this you may actually want to read "learning to modify the Python
C codebase", since in fact I know how to program in C, I just prefer to
do as little of it as possible, and so haven't really learned the Python
C codebase.


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