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Aleksei Aleinikov
Aleksei Aleinikov

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๐Ÿš€ Want to make your Python 4x faster?

f you hit Pythonโ€™s performance limits โ€” itโ€™s time to bring in C extensions!

๐Ÿ”ง In this quick guide, I cover:

  • How the Python/C API works
  • When and why to use C for performance
  • How to compile your own .so module
  • Real benchmarks: from 0.0276s โ†’ 0.0061s โšก

๐Ÿ”ฌ Spoiler: Pure Python is elegant. But for compute-heavy tasks? C wins.

๐Ÿง  Read the full article:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://medium.com/pythoneers/boosting-python-performance-with-c-extensions-3c436d593e8b

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