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6 projects that push Python performance
6 projects that push Python performance
Python has never been as speedy as C or Java, but several projects are in the works to get the lead out of the language Credit: Dreamstime
Spiffy and convenient as Python is, most everyone who uses the language knows it’s comparatively creaky orders of magnitude slower than C, Java, or JavaScript for CPU-intensive work. But several projects refuse to ditch all that’s good about Python and instead have decided to boost its performance from the inside out.
If you want to make Python run faster on the same hardware, you have two basic options, each with a drawback: