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

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 7:02 AM, bartc <bc at freeuk.com> wrote:
> On 23/02/2018 19:47, Chris Angelico wrote:
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>> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 6:25 AM, bartc <bc at freeuk.com> wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>> 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?
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> 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

Most performance is a tradeoff. Python has other advantages; what are
yours? So far, all you've said is that you're "not too much worse".
That's great for a toy language!

ChrisA