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I find it quite remarakable that Python is so popular with maths people, even though it's so horribly slow. I've seen similar differences between SBCL and Pytho

by lokedhs 10y ago

I find it quite remarakable that Python is so popular with maths people, even though it's so horribly slow. I've seen similar differences between SBCL and Python quite often, when I have tried reimplmenting code like that in Common Lisp.

hcarvalhoalves 10y ago
> I find it quite remarakable that Python is so popular with maths people, even though it's so horribly slow. It's popular because of Numpy/Scipy, then the speed of native loops doesn't matter.