An equivalent Julia code to this small Python benchmark runs nearly 10x slower, even with higher levels of optimization enabled. import time def main(): N = 100000000 data = [] for i in range(N): value = i + 1 data.append(value) print(f'starting') time_start =…

Julia is slower than Python when appending elements to untyped arrays

Ian_L February 10, 2025, 7:12pm 41

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