Compiling Python Modules to Native Parallel Modules Using Pythran and OpenMP Ann

Compiling Python Modules to Native Parallel Modules Using Pythran and OpenMP AnnotationsSerge Guelton∗, †Pierrick Brunet†Mehdi Amini‡ ∗ École Normale Supérieure, Département d’Informatique, Paris, France† Télécom Bretagne, Plouzané, France ‡ SILKAN Inc., Los-Altos, USAAbstract—High Performance Computing users traditionally rely on low-level, compiled language such as C or FORTRAN to perform compute-intensive tasks. As a consequence, it is a com- mon situation to have High Performance Compu