Merge pull request realpython#281 from ugurthemaster/master

Kenneth Reitz · Kenneth Reitz · commit 7298caacba3f · 2013-05-30T10:36:14.000-07:00
Update scientific.rst
diff --git a/docs/scenarios/scientific.rst b/docs/scenarios/scientific.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ NumPy is compatible with Python versions 2.4 through to 2.7.2 and 3.1+.
 
 Numba
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+Numba is an Numpy aware Python compiler (just-in-time (JIT) specializing 
+compiler) which compiles annotated Python (and Numpy) code to LLVM (Low Level 
+Virtual Machine) (through special decorators). 
+Briefly, Numba using system that compiles Python code with LLVM to code which 
+can be natively executed at runtime.
+
 .. todo:: Write about Numba
 
 SciPy
