On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:43 PM, William Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Magnus Lie Hetland <[email protected]> > wrote: >> One of my PhD students suggested adding Cython to the Computer >> Language Benchmark Game: >> >> http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/ >> >> Seems like it would be fun -- after all, there are already Python >> implementations there (for 11 problems), so as a start, one could >> simply wrap up a proper compilation script for Cython, and submit it. >> Fiddling with declarations etc. would be a natural next step, of course. >> >> I'm thinking about doing something here myself, but I'm a bit busy >> with another project at the moment, so I thought I'd mention it here, >> in case someone else felt inspired. >> >> I think this is a shootout many people refer to when discussing >> relative performance of languages; getting Cython in there might peak >> the interest of people who might actually need it, but who don't know >> it exists... >> >> (Sorry for cross-posting -- I guess this might be relevant for both >> lists.) >> > > I've always wanted somebody to add Cython to that page, since I think > Cython should do as well as C in every benchmark... which would be fun > because C wins every benchmark. >
Though IMHO Cython should be tested in two "modes": plain compilation of py sources, and cdef-typed implementations... -- Lisandro Dalcín --------------- Centro Internacional de Métodos Computacionales en Ingeniería (CIMEC) Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (INTEC) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) PTLC - Güemes 3450, (3000) Santa Fe, Argentina Tel/Fax: +54-(0)342-451.1594 _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
