Re:Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood (2014)
by int_19h on Thursday July 07, 2016 @06:02PM
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It's good enough for practical purposes - sure, you have to build a separate version of your package for every different version of VC++ that is used by your supported versions of Python, but we're still talking about 3-4 binaries top.
When that is not enough, you can still recompile manually if need be, so long as source for the module is available (which it is in most cases).
On the other hand, native modules are such a big part of the Python ecosystem, that not supporting the API and ABI at all confines any alternative implementations to a very small niche.
When that is not enough, you can still recompile manually if need be, so long as source for the module is available (which it is in most cases).
On the other hand, native modules are such a big part of the Python ecosystem, that not supporting the API and ABI at all confines any alternative implementations to a very small niche.