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p1esk on Aug 18, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Giving up on Julia (2016)

Wait, I thought Julia was “fast Python”? If that’s not the case why would I want to switch to it from Python?

leiroigh on Aug 18, 2019 [–]

Speed depends on workload.

Fast startup, high throughput, high productivity: Choose two.

C/C++/Fortran take fast startup and high throughput, python takes fast startup and high productivity, and julia takes high productivity and high throughput.

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