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By: Cython: Yet another Python optimizer « Rudimentary Art of Programming & Development

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:19:17 +0000

[...] How to install Cython, then use it to optimize Python function that calculates Primes [...]

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:18:24 +0000

[...] How to install Cython, then use it to optimize Python function that calculates Primes [...]

Gerald Kaszuba — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:49:32 +0000

@Greg,

Ah good point. Fixed.

Greg — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:30:50 +0000

You should switch the order of these lines to the following, otherwise Cython wouldn’t install for me on Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo easy_install Cython

Gerald Kaszuba — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:40:12 +0000

Julian,

Thanks. All fixed.

Julian Yap — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:22:28 +0000

Small typo:
from distutils.core
import setup

Should be on one line:
from distutils.core import setup

Gerald Kaszuba — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:07:46 +0000

Beetle B,

Originally, I was expecting Python code in Cython to be slower than Python! Also keep in mind that Psyco only runs on 32bit systems.

Beetle B. — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:32:51 +0000

So psyco was actually faster than a straight cython run? Interesting.

Gerald Kaszuba — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:14:29 +0000

Alan,

Thanks. Wordpress was mangling my code.

Gerald Kaszuba — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:13:07 +0000

Beetle B,

1. Welcome

2. OK I just tried it. 0.12 seconds. I’ll update the post.

3. I realise that it isn’t efficient. It was only there to show off Cython.