But Cython can also be used to incrementally accelerate Python functions, chiefly ones that perform math. The downside is that Cython uses its own peculiar syntax to work its magic, so porting ...

and Numba works hand-in-hand with NumPy to quicken the functions found. However, Numba doesn’t perform JITing; the code is compiled ahead of time. Python creator Guido van Rossum is adamant that ...