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by elcritch 2558 days ago
I had almost the opposite experience lately. I started doing some data analysis in Python/NumPy/Matplotlib because I figured it was mostly plotting and would be quicker in Python. It was excruciatingly slow. Partly due to wanting hidpi plots on my Mac. After switching to over to Julia, the new plots package has been complete enough to handle most use cases and only takes <5s to complete after warmup compared to matplotlib’s 30s+ in many cases. Nice benefit is that Julia types shortened up my data cleaning code significantly too. My favorite Julia plots combo has been gr in Jupiter notebooks.