Pandas like features

[jmh530]

On Friday, 23 October 2020 at 19:31:08 UTC, bioinfornatics wrote:
> As a researcher in BioInformatics I use a lot python numpy 
> pandas and scipy. But I am bored by the slowness of python even 
> with cpython code thanks to the GIL and un-optimized tail 
> recursion.
>
> So I thinks really that D could play a big role in this field 
> with MIR and dcompute.
>
> 1/ what is the state of Magpie which was a GSoC 2019:
>  - Mir Data Analysis and Processing Library
>
> 2/ does the scientific computing field is something that D 
> language want to grow ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Best regards

Just ran across a Hacker News thread about pyston that relates to 
some of the discussion here [1]. It seems there's still a demand 
for alternatives to python for data science.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24921790