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> There were some serious considerations to port over ML libraries to Swift due to its ease of use, similar to Python, while providing much better execution spe
by fractalb 4y ago
> There were some serious considerations to port over ML libraries to Swift due to its ease of use, similar to Python, while providing much better execution speed.
Google abandoned that Swift work (if that's what you're referring to)
- sk0g 4y agoSure, but the fact that it was a project at all does imply Swift had a not-insignificant speedup vs Python, meanwhile in these benchmarks Python is about2x the speed of Swift.
- PossiblyKyle 4y agoGoogle and abandoning things, name a more iconic duo