How to make Python run as fast (or faster) than Julia

[bartc]

On 23/02/2018 19:47, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 6:25 AM, bartc <bc at freeuk.com> wrote:

>> The difference between Python and another dynamic language might be a
>> magnitude, yet you say it doesn't matter.
>>
>> Thanks, that makes me feel much better about my own work! If a magnitude
>> difference in performance can be so casually dismissed.
> 
> Yep! Your work is awesome, because your code is only a little bit
> slower than the same algorithm with the same bugs in a better-known
> language that's supported on more platforms and has a large team of
> people supporting it.
> 
> Remind me what's actually advantageous about your language?

I don't know what point you're making here. Unless it's that no software 
is worth writing unless it's done on a big scale with a huge team of 
people, and is very well known.

My own point should be clear:

  Python is 10 times slower than a competitor = doesn't matter
  My language is 1.5 times slower than the big boys' = matters a great deal