thorakites

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   by thorakites 6y ago

   Julia is definitely a fair counterpoint to my comment about C, but I don't think it really has comparable ubiquity to numpy + Python and C/C++ in the computational science/numerical computing communities. What is nice about u
2. 2.▲
   by thorakites 6y ago

   Sure, I was speaking in terms of within the Python ecosystem. I just use C as an example because it's the main alternative for numerical computing in my field.
3. 3.▲
   by thorakites 6y ago

   Alternatives? I really have never heard of any serious alternatives if you actually need the speed and ubiquity of numpy. Maybe if you're willing to leave Python behind and go to C, but frankly within the Python ecosystem there just is