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step 1 - don't use pandas

• bunderbunder 9y ago
  Pandas isn't perfect, but for small- to medium-size datasets, I haven't seen much that matches its performance, and I haven't seen anything that matches its combination of performance and ease of use.
  • closed 9y ago
    As a person who deeply enjoys developing with python, I'd have to reluctantly say R's tidyverse is a delight to use and often faster than pandas in my experience.
    • bunderbunder 9y ago
      Ah, good to know. I haven't touched R in a while. Does tidyverse fix up the mess that is string handling in R?
      • closed 9y ago
        Sorry for the late reply. stringr does a pretty good job (though I like how python handles strings better).
• davidcbc 9y ago
  But they work for bamboo shoots. Tough to beat that