[Numpy-discussion] rewriting NumPy code in C or C++ or similar

[Christopher Barker]

On 3/7/11 3:36 PM, Dan Halbert wrote:
> We currently have some straightforward NumPy code that indirectly implements a C API defined by a third party. We built a Cython layer that directly provides the API in a .a library, and then calls Python. The layering looks like this:
>
>    C main program ->  API in Cython ->  Python ->  NumPy
>
> This is difficult to package for distribution, because of the Python and NumPy dependencies.

I'd say learn py2exe, py2app and friends, and be done with it.

Otherwise, I wonder if you could re-factor your Cython code enough to 
remove all python dependencies -- or at least have something you could 
compile and run without a python interpreter running.

-Chris



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