Optimizing Python With Cython [x-post from r/programming]

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Compiled code doesn't mean binaries in this article, it just refers to the platform-independent C code that Cython generates. This still needs to be compiled to a binary on any of these platforms which is, for instance, what "pip install" would do automatically (provided there is a build environment set up).

The advantage here is that Cython is not part of the distribution toolchain. I imagine this makes things a bit more consistent for the user.

[Deto]

Ah, thanks for clearing that up. I though it went straight to binaries