Cython AlternativesCompilers and other similar apps like Cython

Cython is described as 'Language that makes writing C extensions for the Python language as easy as Python itself. Cython is based on the well-known Pyrex, but supports more cutting edge functionality and optimizations' and is a Compiler in the development category. There are four alternatives to Cython for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best Cython alternative is Numba, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cython are nuitka, Shed Skin and Berp.

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  1. Numba icon
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    Numba gives you the power to speed up your applications with high performance functions written directly in Python. With a few annotations, array-oriented and math-heavy Python code can be just-in-time compiled to native machine instructions, similar in performance to C, C++ and...

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    • Numba is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Cython.

    • Numba is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cython.

    • Numba is Free and Open SourceCython is also Free and Open Source
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    Nuitka is a Python compiler.

    It's fully compatible with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5.

    You feed it your Python app, it does a lot of clever things, and spits out an executable or extension module.

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    • Free
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  3. Shed Skin icon
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    Shed Skin is an experimental compiler, that can translate pure, but implicitly statically typed Python (2.4-2.6) programs into optimized C++. It can generate stand-alone programs or extension modules that can be imported and used in larger Python programs.

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    • Free
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    Berp is an implementation of Python 3. At its heart is a translator, which takes Python code as input and generates Haskell code as output. The Haskell code is fed into a Haskell compiler (GHC) for compilation to machine code or interpretation as byte code.

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