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== Uses ==

Cython is particularly popular among scientific users of Python,<ref name="scipy09" /><ref>inSCIght: The Scientific Computing Podcast, [http://inscight.org/2011/03/31/episode_/ Episode 6]</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Jarrod Millman and Michael Aivazis |year=2011 |title=Python for Scientists and Engineers |journal=Computing in Science and Engineering |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=9–12 |doi=10.1109/MCSE.2011.36}}</ref> where it has "the perfect audience" according to Python developeroriginator and benevolent dictator for life [[Guido van Rossum]].<ref>Who also criticizes Cython: [http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-March/109634.html Re: VM and Language summit info for those not at Pycon (and those that are!)]. Message to the electronic mailing-list <tt>python-dev</tt>, 21 March 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.</ref> Of particular note:

* The [[free software]] [[Sage (mathematics software)|Sage]] computer algebra system depends on Cython, both for performance and to interface with other libraries.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Burcin Erocal and William Stein |year=2010 |title=The Sage Project: Unifying Free Mathematical Software to Create a Viable Alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and MATLAB |journal=Mathematical Software‚ ICMS 2010 |volume=6327 |pages=12–27 |publisher=Springer Berlin / Heidelberg |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-15582-6_4 |url=http://wstein.org/papers/icms/icms_2010.pdf}}</ref>