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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
| Subject | Re: Porting the 2-3 heap data-structure library from C to Python |
| Date | Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:17:06 -0500 |
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On 3/10/2012 8:03 PM, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: > 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 Python is portable because a *lot* of work has gone and continues to go into making it so. And because it sticks with the lowest common denominator of C89. There is much system or compiler specific code in #ifdefs. There are over 60 buildbots for testing patches on various hardware-os-compiler-(python)version combinations. Perhaps once a week something does not work on one of them. The patch gets revised. It happened just today. Apple is changing compilers for the Mac; Python initially did not build with the new compiler. Some people had to do some work so there would continue to be Python on the Mac. So I can imagine that Cython *might* shield one from some of the very real portability problems. > fast as the platform allows. I understand your desire to promote > Cython, but please stop resorting to FUD in doing so. You admitted it might be easier. Portability is plausible. So I think that a bit harsh. -- Terry Jan Reedy
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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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