Want to make a Python user grind their teeth? Just recite three words: Python is slow. In many of the ways that matter, it’s true. “Pure” Python, without external libraries written in C, is nowhere ...

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I've written a lot about data analysis with Python recently. I wanted to explain why it's been a language of choice. Here are some of the reasons I find Python so easy to use, yet powerful. Python ...