was the performance gain worth it in the end? In my experience numpy is pretty tight on its own, but I've seen some excellent speed gains from using cython + numpy.
Wow, interesting. Is it released somewhere? Googling found me the Copperhead project[1], was that what you used?
I'm not sure if "implemented" means you implemented your code for it, or you implemented the entire compiler. :)
I originally wanted use Copperhead and got in contact with the developer a year ago, but it was too early even for "private" beta testing, so I never got access to their code. Also, my compiler is specialized on image processing, so probably Copperhead wouldn't have worked, anyway. I'm only jealous of Copperhead's type inferencer. :) But then again, I have to get finished with my thesis and a type inferencer wouldn't help with that goal. ;)