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

[bartc]

On 23/02/2018 08:11, Terry Reedy wrote:

> * Python has an import statement.  But 'comparisons' disallow 'import 
> numpy', a quite legal Python statement, and similar others.

If I'm duplicating a benchmark [in another language] then the last thing 
I want to see is something like 'import numpy', or other special 
language feature, as that cannot be replicated.

I want to see a pure algorithm. Not the equivalent of:

   os.system("C_version.exe")

   The ability
> to import Python wrappers of Fortran and C libraries is part of the 
> fundamental design of cpython.  It is a distributed project.

Is numpy a general purpose C library that can also be called from any 
language that can use a C API? Or is it specific to Python?

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bartc