Until you want to use anything with a c extension..

buildbot · on March 13, 2023

I use it all the time for things with c extensions?

wheelerof4te · on March 13, 2023

Why would you want to use Python with a C extension?

If you need performance, just use native code.

peterhil · on March 13, 2023

Numpy and Scipy are good reasons. Unfortunately Scipy does not even compile on FreeBSD lately, and I have opened three issues about it against Scipy and Pythran (and the fix was with xsimd).

https://github.com/serge-sans-paille/pythran/issues/2070

epgui · on March 14, 2023

> Why would you want to use Python with a C extension?

Because if you need performance, you need to use native code.