Title :
Cython: The Best of Both Worlds
Author :
Behnel, Stefan ; Bradshaw, Robert ; Citro, Craig ; Dalcin, Lisandro ; Seljebotn, Dag Sverre ; Smith, Kurt
Author_Institution :
Senacor Technol. AG, Germany
Abstract :
Cython is a Python language extension that allows explicit type declarations and is compiled directly to C. As such, it addresses Python´s large overhead for numerical loops and the difficulty of efficiently using existing C and Fortran code, which Cython can interact with natively.
Keywords :
C language; numerical analysis; Cython language; Fortran code; Python language extension; numerical loops; programming language; Cython; Python; numerics; scientific computing;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2010.118
