Python Special Uses

R & Python

Tips for importing R functionality into Python, and Python functionality into R.
 

PyPy

PyPy is a replacement for CPython. It is built using the RPython language that was co-developed with it. The main reason to use it instead of CPython is speed: it runs generally faster (see next section).
 

Intel Python

The Intel Distribution for Python behaves like regular Python, but leverages Intel technologies to speed up many of the core python libraries.