Cython (pyx)

Cython叫做C-Extensions for Python

Cython is a programming language that makes writing C extensions for the Python language as easy as Python itself. It aims to become a superset of the [Python] language which gives it high-level, object-oriented, functional, and dynamic programming. Its main feature on top of these is support for optional static type declarations as part of the language. The source code gets translated into optimized C/C++ code and compiled as Python extension modules. This allows for both very fast program execution and tight integration with external C libraries, while keeping up the high programmer productivity for which the Python language is well known.

Cython也是一门语言

安装只需要

pip install cython

      Cython的好处在于，让对C/C++不太了解的人也能编写程序，它能够为你生成C code，然后你调用就行了

      我们可能经常会被问一个问题，在AI领域为什么大家都用Python编程，为什么不用C/C++，那样会快很多

      If you've done much Python programming and shared it with your non-Python programmer friends and colleagues , chances are, you've been inquired about why you're using Python, since, of course, it's such a "slow" language!

      Isn't Python slow? What about the GIL? That dynamic typing though?

      I find myself frequently defending Python by explaining that, while pure Python is indeed quite slow, Python in practice is not. Libraries like Numpy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn all are C Optimized. When you use them, you're actually making use of C/C++ power, you're just able to use Python syntax. In fact, Numpy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn all make use of Cython! Chances are, the Python+C-optimized code in these popular libraries and/or using Cython is going to be far faster than the C code you might write yourself, and that's if you manage to write it without any bugs.

      这是因为我们实际上并不是只是在用Python，我们用的是Python语言包裹的C/C++。很多库都是C optimized library(像numpy, pandas), 然后提供了一个Python API for you

当你想实现某些事情的时候，在常规的情况下，你会发现已经有实现好的C optimized library供你使用了。但是也有一些unique的情况，这个时候，你就可以通过自己写cython来实现C加速的python程序

       众所周知，Python是一种非常简单易上手的胶水语言(胶水语言的意思就是用来连接软件组件的程序设计语言，通常是脚本语言)。尽管近年来Python越来越火，也被各种吹捧，但它的执行速度始终逃不出被人所诟病的窘境。不过好在目前已经有不少较为成熟的解决方案来为Python提速，Cython就是一种非常不错的解决方案

       Cython也是一种编程语言，按照官方文档里的说法，它可以通过类似Python的语法来编写可以被Python调用的C扩展。从而，在保留Python快速开发的优点的同时，可以提升Python速度并方便地调用外部C库。

总结一下，利用Cython，我们可以： 

• 利用Python的语法实现Python和C/C++的混合编程，从而可以提升Python的执行效率；
• 调用C/C++代码。

      最后，扫个盲，请注意Cython≠CPython。CPython的意思是，用C语言开发的Python解释器。换句话说，就是Python只是一种编程语言，具体实现的时候，如果用C来实现，那就叫CPython，如果用Java来实现，那就叫Jython，如果用C#来实现，那就叫IronPython，如果用Python自己来实现，那就叫PyPy。

      cpython文件后缀名是.pyx