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+Python bindings
+===============
+
+This library includes experimental bindings bring efficient immutable
+vectors for the Python language.  They were developed as part of the
+research for the `ICFP'17 paper`_.  The interface is quite
+**incomplete**, yet you can already do some things like:
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../extra/python/example.py
+   :language: python
+   :start-after: intro/start
+   :end-before:  intro/end
+..
+
+    **Do you want to help** making these bindings complete and production
+    ready?  Drop a line at `immer@sinusoid.al
+    <mailto:immer@sinusoid.al>`_ or `open an issue on Github
+    <https://github.com/arximboldi/immer>`_
+
+Installation
+------------
+::
+
+    pip install --user git+https://github.com/arximboldi/immer.git
+
+Benchmarks
+----------
+
+The library includes a set of benchmarks that compare it to
+`pyrsistent <https://github.com/tobgu/pyrsistent>`_.  You can see the
+results in the `ICFP'17 paper`_.  If you want to run them yourself,
+you need to install some dependencies::
+
+     pip install --user pytest-benchmark pyrsistent
+
+Then you need to clone the `project repository
+<https://github.com/arximboldi/immer>`_ and from its root, run::
+
+     pytest extra/python/benchmark
+
+.. _ICFP'17 paper: https://public.sinusoid.es/misc/immer/immer-icfp17.pdf