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by Acfboy · Oct 29, 2026 · 4 points
Where you using standard optimized libraries (e.g., NumPy for numerical computation) or did you do everything in Python? This kind of increase of speed seems to indicate extreme…
by mcepl · Oct 29, 2026
I see, we can solve the problem of excess verbosity by duplicating our API surface ;) Jokes aside, that's not the worst idea (you often see the stdlib do something in a similar…
by hansvm · Oct 28, 2026
In my experience agents will reach for numpy for any non trivial math without being instructed
by ac29 · Oct 28, 2026
> My guess is, up until the last five years that was almost never done. It was done plenty. Just with extensions to python like numpy and opencv. There is no reason to translate…
by ActorNightly · Oct 28, 2026
There's so much Python code that uses numpy etc but still ends up having some hot part in Python that's nontrivial to translate to something faster. Same reason people get frust…
by mahboi · Oct 27, 2026
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NumPy is a library for the Python programming language, adding support for large, multi-dimensional arrays and matrices, along with a large collection of high-level mathematical functions to operate on these arrays. The predecessor of NumPy, Numeric, was originally created by Jim Hugunin with contributions from several other developers. In 2005, Travis Oliphant created NumPy by incorporating features of the competing Numarray into Numeric, with extensive modifications. NumPy is open-source software and has many contributors. NumPy is fiscally sponsored by NumFOCUS. Read more on Wikipedia