[Cython] Pi in the sky: Alternate back-end?

[Magnus Lie Hetland]

On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:27, Ilmar Wilbers wrote:

> This is really not remotely answering your request, but is anyone  
> using
> Jython for high-performance code (or Java, for that matter)?

Jython -- I don't know. I think Jython is quite a bit slower than  
CPython (although that may have changed). As for plain Java, sure. I  
don't know about it being used for numerical stuff (though I'm sure it  
is), but I know of several people (in research and industry) using it  
for large-scale search engine work, for example. As far as I can tell,  
it's quite on par with C for that sort of stuff -- it's really not  
true that Java is slow anymore.

> I'm sure there is, but could you point me in a direction, i.e. are  
> there any
> numerical modules for Jython as of today? When looking I couldn't  
> really
> find anything.

Hm. I remember a Jython-compatible numarray implementation out there  
at one point, but couldn't find it right now.

For me, it's more a matter of implementing various structures and  
algorithms myself (which is what I'm using Cython for right now). If I  
then want to reuse those structures in a project based on Java, for  
example, a solution like then one I suggested would be useful.

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Magnus Lie Hetland
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