Pyrex - The speed of Python with the clarity of C?

[SeeBelow at SeeBelow.Nut]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> 
> "Peter Hansen" <peter at engcorp.com> wrote in message
> news:juidnTjQubr1szPd4p2dnA at powergate.ca...
> > SeeBelow at SeeBelow.Nut wrote:
> > > Am I wrong about this?  Perhaps I don't understand how Pyrex works.
> >
> > Look at the primes.pyx example.  There's a link just below it
> > (above the Language Details section) showing the C code it is
> > compiled to (and which is in turn compiled to machine code).  True,
> > there are many calls to the Python/C interface APIs, but there is
> > also "pure" C code in there.
> 
> In particular, lines 5-15 of the Python code, the 'guts' of the algorithm,
> are compiled to pure C with no interface calls.

But does this C code get compiled into machine code?  If so, What
compiler does that, and when?

Thanks,

m

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