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Python High Performance - Second Edition
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Python High Performance - Second Edition

by Dr. Gabriele Lanaro
May 2017
Intermediate to advanced
270 pages
6h 18m
English
Packt Publishing
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C Performance with Cython

Cython is a language that extends Python by supporting the declaration of types for functions, variables, and classes. These typed declarations enable Cython to compile Python scripts to efficient C code. Cython can also act as a bridge between Python and C as it provides easy-to-use constructs to write interfaces to external C and C++ routines.

In this chapter, we will learn the following things:

  • Cython syntax basics
  • How to compile Cython programs
  • How to use static typing to generate fast code
  • How to efficiently manipulate arrays using typed memoryviews
  • Optimizing a sample particle simulator
  • Tips on using Cython in the Jupyter notebook
  • The profiling tools available for Cython

While a minimum knowledge of C is ...

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