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		lenkite 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How fast is Go? Simulating particles on a smart TV Yes, this is the reason why there are no currently-maintained data-science/dataframe libraries in Go either

OoooooooO 14 days ago [–]

Every DataFrame library with a significant user base uses function chaining because that's the best workflow for such stuff. Also notebook support / magic cell comments for iterative EDA.

Python: polars-py, pandas, pySpark JVM: Spark R: R

Go can't compete with this even with SIMD support.

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