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Re: Porting the 2-3 heap data-structure library from C to Python

From Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Porting the 2-3 heap data-structure library from C to Python
Date 2012-03-11 02:03 +0100
Organization B.net Hrvatska d.o.o.
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Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> writes:

>> which is the standard way of extending Python with high-performance
>> (and/or system-specific) C code.
>
> Well, it's *one* way.  Certainly not the easiest way, neither the most
> portable and you'll have a hard time making it the fastest.

I didn't say it was easy, but standard, in the sense of documented in
Python documentation.  Python/C is as portable as Python itself, and as
fast as the platform allows.  I understand your desire to promote
Cython, but please stop resorting to FUD in doing so.

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Porting the 2-3 heap data-structure library from C to Python Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2012-03-08 01:25 +1100
  Re: Porting the 2-3 heap data-structure library from C to Python Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2012-03-07 16:48 +0100
    Re: Porting the 2-3 heap data-structure library from C to Python Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-03-07 17:18 +0100
      Re: Porting the 2-3 heap data-structure library from C to Python Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2012-03-11 02:03 +0100
        Re: Porting the 2-3 heap data-structure library from C to Python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-10 21:17 -0500
        Re: Porting the 2-3 heap data-structure library from C to Python Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-03-11 08:41 +0100

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