How to Build a Python-to-C++ Compiler out of Spare Parts - and Why

Explore the development of Typon, a Python-to-C++ compiler designed to address performance limitations in Python, in this 29-minute conference talk from EuroPython 2024. Discover how Typon aims to compile entire Python programs into C++ code, enabling improved parallelism and concurrency beyond existing solutions like Cython and Numba. Learn about the compiler's unique features, including powerful concurrency primitives, a custom task scheduler, and seamless Python interoperability. Gain insights into compiler design, type inference, and concurrency concepts while understanding the motivations behind creating a new compilation tool for Python. No prior C++ knowledge is required, though familiarity with Python's inner workings is beneficial.

How to Build a Python-to-C++ Compiler out of Spare Parts - and Why — Xavier Thompson