Is Your Python For-loop Slow? Use NumPy Instead

When speed matters, lists aren’t the best.

Thuwarakesh Murallie
Towards Data Science
4 min readSep 27, 2022

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Speed is always a concern for developers — especially for data-savvy work.

The ability to iterate is the basis of all automation and scaling. The first and foremost choice for all of us is a for-loop. It’s excellent, simple, and flexible. Yet, they are not built for scaling up to massive…

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