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by hasenj 3333 days ago
If you want performance don't use Python.
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hasenj 3333 days ago
I hope the downvotes are not due to people thinking you can actually write high performance applications in Python.
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twistedpair 3333 days ago
Sadly true. Python is great for scripting, but "high performance Python" is frequently a challenge better suited to other tools.
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floatboth 3333 days ago
"High performance Python" is usually done by "offloading literally everything to native extensions" :D
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davesque 3333 days ago
Until JIT authors start taking advantage of the frame execution API that was added in 3.6.
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