Long in development, the new major release of the Python-to-C compiler sheds legacy Python support and readies Cython developers for big changes in Python. The main goal behind Cython is to make it ...

Python is a powerful programming language that is easy to learn and easy to work with, but it is not always the fastest to run—especially when you’re dealing with math or statistics. Third-party ...

OK, maybe it isn't ignored by those who are happy to make use of it, but it certainly isn't mainstream. Why should you care? The answer is speed and interoperability with C/C++. When you say Python ...