Python High Performance 2nd Edition
Title : Python High Performance Edition : 2nd edition Year : 2017 Authors : Gabriele Lanaro Publisher : Packt Preface The Python programming language has seen a huge surge in popularity in recent years, thanks to its intuitive, fun syntax, and its vast array of top-quality third-party libraries. Python has been the language of choice for many introductory and advanced university courses as well as for numerically intense fields, such as the sciences and engineering. Its primary applications also lies in machine learning, system scripting, and web applications. The reference Python interpreter, CPython, is generally regarded as inefficient when compared to lower-level languages, such as C, C++, and Fortran. CPython’s poor performance lies in the fact that the program instructions are processed by an interpreter rather than being compiled to efficient machine code. While using an interpreter has several advantages, ...
