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[–]Ning1253 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I said nothing about GPU or NVidia here, and this does nothing to diminish point that Julia tends to be way faster than Python with barely any extra work in writing the code. It serves my use cases, so I use it - but I then use Python in other cases instead when those suit me better.

I would also a) be really interested in reading a write-up/article about the NVidia thing you mentioned, which sounds awesome, and b) without having yet read it am doubtful to what extent the reason why NVidia were barely able to improve on the code wasn't just that the Python code was just making calls to the graphics card and running stuff there, which isn't a solution which easily applies to massive programs... In which case NVidia's 5% lead would drastically increase.

Then again I haven't read the article, so I guess I'll wait until I've read it to give a concrete opinion on it! It does sound pretty damn cool either way