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David Blume

May 11, 2014

Python implements common integer values as singletons. And if you're evil or self-destructive, you could re-assign them to other values. As in, 113 == 4. Jake Vanderplas demonstrates in this article.

Why Python is Slow: Looking Under the Hood

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David Blume on May 12, 2014

To be clear, Jake uses Python for scientific computing. The trend seems to be in this direction, and so there are newcomers who are wondering if they should be concerned about Python's performance. This is how we answer that sort of question, by diving in. In practice, it appears that using Python can facilitate productivity. http://www.talyarkoni.org/blog/2013/11/18/the-homogenization-of-scientific-computing-or-why-python-is-steadily-eating-other-languages-lunch/

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