Cython, the new frontier

Learning to write in Cython, a novel alternative to writing native python extensions in raw C.

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Meanwhile an overvire of the many ways to interface python with native programs and libraries:

1. integrate through files, sockets, pipes or even mmap and shm
2. write extension in C
3. write extension in C and wrap it in Python module
4. write module in mix of C and Python and translate with Cython
5. use native library via ctypes
6. use native library via ctypes and wrap in a Python module
7. generate wrappers with SWIG
8. write all in Python, numpy for performance
   

1^st is the easiest to start with, but doesn't offer tight control over native program's execution, such as timing, errors, feedback.

2^nd and 3^rd are quite sane, and after a bit of learning even quite easy to debug. The advantage of a Python wrapper is to split the 2 parts of integration, the C and Python so that programming is the easiest.