[Theory] How to speed up python code execution / pypy vs GPU

[Ben Bacarisse]

Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> writes:

> On Sun, 6 Nov 2016 08:17 am, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>
>> Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> writes:
>
>>> Here's the same program in Objective C:
>>>
>>> --- cut ---
>>>
>>> #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
>>>
>>> int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
>>> {
>>>         NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
>>>         NSLog (@"Hello, World!");
>>>         [pool drain];
>>>         return 0;
>>> }
>>>
>>> --- cut ---
>>>
>>> Which would you rather write?
>> 
>> That's a rather odd comparison.  Why not
>> 
>>   #import <stdio.h>
>> 
>>   int main()
>>   {
>>     printf("Hello world\n");
>>     return 0;
>>   }
>
> Because that's not Objective-C? (This is not a rhetorical question.)

Yes, I think so.

> I'm not an Objective-C expert, but to my eye, that doesn't look like
> Objective-C. It looks like plain old regular C.

C has no #import directive.

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Ben.