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Python Intermediate representation (IR)
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Status: no one is working on the implementation, it's an idea.

Nathaniel Smith's (njs) IR idea for numpy:

* video: `Inside NumPy: how it works and how we can make it better
  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fowHwlpGb34>`_ (starting at ~26:00).
* `slides
  <https://www.dropbox.com/s/atqkfueyx6dz188/cyir-nathaniel-j-smith-dec-2018.pdf>`__

`Python Compilers Workshop <https://python-compilers-workshop.github.io>`_
(2016) where the idea was proposed. The `notes from the meeting
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jGksgI96LdYQODa9Fca7EttFEGQfNODphVmbCX0DD1k>`_.