Re:Node.js 14 is over 20x faster than Python3.8 for fib(n)
by Aardwolf on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @01:26PM
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> 1. because CPython aims to be relatively simple and straightforward by choice
It's a painful choice, and having to use numpy for everything that a loop normally could do but is too slow for, or discourage making functions because a function call is so slow, makes an otherwise elegant language less so
It's a painful choice, and having to use numpy for everything that a loop normally could do but is too slow for, or discourage making functions because a function call is so slow, makes an otherwise elegant language less so