Re:Python 3.13 Gets a JIT
by jampekka on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @08:57AM
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This is quite a good intro: https://viralinstruction.com/posts/badjulia/
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Re:Python 3.13 Gets a JIT
by affinepplan on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @10:06AM
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fyi: the author of that post is a current Julia user and intended the post as counterpoint to their normally enthusiastic endorsements. so while it is a good intro to some of the shortfalls of the language, I'm not sure the author would agree that Julia has "failed" due to these details
Yes, but it's a good list of the major problems, and laudable for a self-professed "stan" to be upfront about them.
It's my assesment that the problems listed in there are a cause why Julia will not take off and we're largely stuck with Python for the foreseeable future.
Re:Python 3.13 Gets a JIT
by adgjlsfhk1 on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @11:40AM
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It is worth noting that the first of the reasons presented is significantly improved in Julia 1.9 and 1.10 (released ~8 months and ~1 month ago). The time for `using BioSequences, FASTX` on 1.10 is down to 0.14 seconds on my computer (from 0.62 seconds on 1.8 when the blog post was published).
TTFX is indeed getting a lot better. But e.g. "using DynamicalSystems" is still over 5 seconds.
There is something big going on in caching the binaries, so there's a chance the TTFX will get workable.