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Python is convenient and flexible, yet notably slower than other languages for raw computational speed. The Python ecosystem has compensated with tools that make crunching numbers at scale in Python ...

NumPy is known for being fast, but could it go even faster? Here’s how to use Cython to accelerate array iterations in NumPy. NumPy gives Python users a wickedly fast library for working with data in ...