Pandas like features

[jmh530]

On Thursday, 29 October 2020 at 22:52:59 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> [snip]
>
> I only quickly skimmed the blog page, so this is a first 
> reaction. I shall read the material more carefully tomorrow and 
> send an update.
>
> 1. People have been trying to make Python execute faster for 30 
> years. In the end everyone ends up just using CPython with any 
> and all optimisations it can get in.
>
> 2. Python is slow, and fundamentally single threaded. Attempts 
> to make Python multi-threaded seem to fall by the wayside. The 
> micro-benchmarks seem to indicate Pyston is just a slightly 
> faster Python and thus nothing really to write home about – yes 
> even a headline figure of 20% is nothing to write home about!
>
> [snip]

I think the point on multi-threaded Python came away as a big 
complaint there. Lots of mentions of the GIL or people being 
CPU-bound. Pandas was mentioned in this context as well.