How to make Python run as fast (or faster) than Julia
Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Fri Feb 23 00:00:13 EST 2018
On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:26:33 +0000, bartc wrote:
> The point of the article was Julia vs. Python. You can't make Python
> faster by switching to a faster algorithm; you have to use the same one
> on both.
No, the point of the article was to write Python code that is as fast as
the Julia code.
I don't know why the Julia programmers chose to use such a poor
algorithm: maybe they are show-casing just how amazingly awesome the
Julia compiler is that it can even make a rubbish algorithm run fast. I
don't care -- they can choose whatever algorithm they like for their
Julia code, but I don't really care how good the language is at running
bad code that I would never use in real life.
--
Steve
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