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		nhumrich on Dec 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Codon: A high-performance Python-like compiler usi... Im curious. If codon can compile a python script, why can it not compile a pure python library? What technical limitations does an import or 3rd party add that a script wouldn't have?

LoganDark on Dec 9, 2022 [–]

NumPy, PyTorch, TensorFlow and many other widely known third-party libraries are actually native code that interact with CPython directly.

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