Python speed

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On Friday, August 7, 2015 at 10:08:37 AM UTC-4, roge... at gmail.com wrote:
> Can anyone compare PyNum calculation speed to Fortran?
> 
> This is for a number crunching program working with large files.
> 
> Roger

Did you mean NumPy? It depends on the program. Here are two posts that compared speeds.

Comparing Python, NumPy, Matlab, Fortran, etc. (2009) https://modelingguru.nasa.gov/docs/DOC-1762

Optimizing Python in the Real World: NumPy, Numba, and the NUFFT (2015)
https://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2015/02/24/optimizing-python-with-numpy-and-numba/