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Re:Why I Use Nim instead of Python for Data Processing by yellow_lead on Saturday September 25, 2021 @03:23AM (#28651219)
As other commenters point out, how can a language be fast in a way besides something CPU bound? You are saying it is fast when it's not doing anything. Not sure I understand.
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Re:Why I Use Nim instead of Python for Data Processing by baq on Saturday September 25, 2021 @05:31AM (#28651762)
it's a shorthand for 'fast enough'. is it slow if nobody would notice if it was 10x faster?
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