Numba Python bytecode to LLVM translator

Description

Numba is a Python bytecode to LLVM translator that allows creation of fast,
machine code from Python functions. The Low Level Virtual Machine (LLVM)
project is rapidly becoming a hardware-industry standard for the intermediate
representation (IR) of compiled codes. Numba's high-level translator to the
LLVM IR provides Python the ability to take advantage of the machine code
generated by the hardware manufacturers contributions to LLVM. Numba
translates a Python function comprised of a subset of Python syntax to machine
code using simple type inference and the creation of multiple machine-code
versions. In this talk, I will describe the design of Numba, illustrate its
applications to multiple domains and discuss the enhancements to NumPy and
SciPy that can benefit from this tool.