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by tdeck 2113 days ago
> Have you ever wondered how does NumPy perform its complex computations so fast? The secret is that it uses lower level programming language — C.

I thought NumPy used the LAPACK libraries at its core, which are written in Fortran:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAPACK?wprov=sfla1

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Same. Which is why this confuses me.