Distributed App - C++ with Python for Portability?

[Matt Nordhoff]

Stefan Behnel wrote:
> And if you really need the efficiency of "well-tuned raw C", it's one function
> call away in your Cython code.

What do you mean by that?

I know nothing about how Cython compares to C in performance, so I said
"well-tuned" because it must be possible to write C that is faster than
Cython, though it may take some effort.
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