Welcome to Cython!
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-Cython (http://www.cython.org) is based on Pyrex, but supports more
-cutting edge functionality and optimizations.
+Cython (http://cython.org) is a language that makes writing C extensions for
+the Python language as easy as Python itself. Cython is based on the
+well-known Pyrex, but supports more cutting edge functionality and
+optimizations.
+
+The Cython language is very close to the Python language, but Cython
+additionally supports calling C functions and declaring C types on variables
+and class attributes. This allows the compiler to generate very efficient C
+code from Cython code.
+
+This makes Cython the ideal language for wrapping external C libraries, and
+for fast C modules that speed up the execution of Python code.
LICENSE:
The original Pyrex program was licensed "free of restrictions" (see
-below). Cython itself is licensed under the
+below). Cython itself is licensed under the permissive
- PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE
- http://www.python.org/psf/license/
+ Apache License
+See LICENSE.txt.
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-Note that Cython no longer ships the Mercurial (hg) repository in its
-source distribution. To get the full source history, make sure you
-have hg installed, then step into the base directory of the Cython
-source distribution and type
+Note that Cython used to ship the full version control repository in its source
+distribution, but no longer does so due to space constraints. To get the
+full source history, make sure you have git installed, then step into the
+base directory of the Cython source distribution and type
make repo
Alternatively, check out the latest developer repository from
- http://hg.cython.org/cython-devel
+ https://github.com/cython/cython
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