Slow performance compared to C++, ideas?

[bearophile]

Joseph Rushton Wakeling:

> I have to say that it'd be very tempting to try and organize an 
> annual event
> (and maybe also an online space) where researchers using 
> computation are brought
> together with genuinely expert developers for lectures, 
> brainstorming and
> collaboration, with the specific aim of getting away from these 
> kinds of habitual errors.

It seems a nice idea. But I think it's better for this event to 
be also a chance for developers to learn something from 
researchers, things like the value of having a control, why 
people do scientific research, etc :-)

Bye,
bearophile