For instance, a loop that runs for thousands of iterations is a common Python bottleneck. If you can find a way to speed up the implementation of that loop — say, by using Python built-ins ...

Here’s how to use Cython to accelerate array iterations in NumPy. NumPy gives Python users a wickedly fast library for working with data in matrixes. If you want, for instance, to generate a ...

“I CERTAINLY didn’t set out to create a language that was intended for mass consumption,” says Guido van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist who devised Python ... syntax and use of indented ...