announcing fython

Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Sat Oct 1 23:06:47 EDT 2016


On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 1:58 PM,  <nicolasessisbreton at gmail.com> wrote:
> Fython speed is the same as Fortran speed.
>
> There is no restriction on the Python code.
> Once a Fython program is avalaible, Python can throw any scalar or Numpy array at it.
>
> For the programmer convenience, like Fortran, Fython allows the choice between
> one-based and zero-based indexing at array declaration.

This is where I'm a little confused. Is Fython a full-featured Python
implementation that compiles to Fortran, or a thin wrapper around
Fortran that uses Python syntax, or something in between?

ChrisA



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