You’re correct - I had no intention to compare with Python or start a debate - the extract was to highlight that he either didnt know of Julia or didnt consider it (despite aggrievances with Python). In so far as the benchmark - the article opens with the “one billion row challenge” with correspond…

Billion-row benchmark?

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