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Embedding Python in Elixir, it's fine
Introducing Python interpreter embedded in Elixir and a Fine way to write your NIFs.
A number of projects emerged (Nx, Explorer, Axon, Bumblebee, Scholar, and more), drawing learnings from decades of work in ecosystems such as Python and R, often standing on the shoulders of C++ and Rust codebases. With Rustler and Zigler, NIFs are written as regular functions and the data structures conversion is handled automatically based on the signature types. The Fine project also consolidates and streamlines our collective experiences in integrating C++ and Elixir, tracing back to Sean Moriarity’s work on Nx four years ago.
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