# General questions from Python user

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/general-questions-from-python-user/55475>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/general-questions-from-python-user/55475 "2021-02-17T17:23:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/general-questions-from-python-user/55475/43 "2021-02-23T21:00:00Z")

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It’s easy to give examples when simple Python code (with common numerical libraries, of course) is faster than a direct translation to julia. E.g. see an old topic of mine, [Trig functions very slow](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trig-functions-very-slow/15335).

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