Understanding how python's data structures work is actually really important and can make the difference between an algorithm completing in microseconds vs "bas

Understanding how python's data structures work is actually really important and can make the difference between an algorithm completing in microseconds vs "basically never". Performance problems in python are going to come down to these crucial factors of when to use a set vs list vs dict or a dataframe or something else. The fact that it's interpreted is just not that significant compared to how data structures are set up and operated on. People are using python to explore and manipulate very large data - it's the most popular language for doing so.