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Use Cython as Python to C Converter

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Can Cython convert Python to C?

Cython is Python: Almost any piece of Python code is also valid Cython code. (There are a few Limitations, but this approximation will serve for now.) The Cython compiler will convert it into C code which makes equivalent calls to the Python/C API.

Does Cython compile to C?

The Cython language is a superset of Python that compiles to C, yielding performance boosts that can range from a few percent to several orders of magnitude, depending on the task at hand. For work that is bound by Python's native object types, the speedups won't be large.

Can I convert Python code to C ++?

Convert your Python script to C++ Code using OpenAI Codex. Created codex_py2cpp as a way of experimenting with Codex. Python file creates an input prompt which is then fed to OpenAI Codex to generate corresponding C++ code.


  1. Yes, at its core this is what Cython does. But ...
  2. You don't need Cython, however, you do need libpython. You may feel like it doesn't use that many Python features, but I think if you try this you'll find it's not true -- you won't be able to separate your program from its dependence on libpython while still using the Python language.

Another option is PyPy, specifically it's translation toolchain, NOT the PyPy Python interpreter. It lets you translate RPython, a subset of the Python language, into C. If you really aren't using many Python language features or libraries, this may work.

PyPy is mostly known as an alternative Python implementation, but it is also a set of tools for compiling dynamic languages into various forms. This is what allows the PyPy implementation of Python, written in (R)Python, to be compiled to machine code.

If C++ is available, Nuitka is a Python to C++ compiler that works for regular Python, not just RPython (which is what shedskin and PyPy use).


If C++ is available for that embedded platform, there is shed skin, it converts python into c++.