Mathematica does several optimizations before execution, and as such can exploit a priori knowledge of many problems. The danger of course is when Wolfram take

Mathematica does several optimizations before execution, and as such can exploit a priori knowledge of many problems. The danger of course is when Wolfram takes those assumptions into a room of mathematicians. It is controversial for all the wrong reasons. =) It is a common question by the way =) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60121757/julia-vs-mathematica-numerical-integration-performance https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60121757/julia-vs-mathem...