[Rcpp-devel] Rcpp equivalent for Python?

Ilya Kipnis ilya.kipnis at gmail.com
Sat Dec 3 16:10:24 CET 2022


I've heard of things like Cython? But in any case, you should be able to
get pretty far on the various "official" packages IIRC.

On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 10:09 AM Sparapani, Rodney <rsparapa at mcw.edu> wrote:

> Hi Gang:
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> I have a tangential question.  We have several R packages
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> based on Rcpp to call C++ code.  Rcpp makes it so easy!
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> However, I am often asked by Python users: can we make
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> similar packages for that platform?  I’m a newb with
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> respect to Python (after 30 years with S/R and C++ I am
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> still learning!)  So, I have a question.  Is there something
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> like an equivalent with respect to Rcpp for Python?
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> By that I mean, I want to call C++ code from Python
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> with the ability to pass R-like objects, or similar, to C++.
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> Exposing the Python RNG to C++ would also be
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> extremely helpful.  Please let me know.  Thanks
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> Happy Holidays!
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> --
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> Rodney Sparapani, Associate Professor of Biostatistics
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> Director, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Statistical Association
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> Institute for Health and Equity, Division of Biostatistics
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> Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus
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