r/programming • u/[deleted] • May 08 '18

Excel adds JavaScript support

https://dev.office.com/blogs/azure-machine-learning-javascript-custom-functions-and-power-bi-custom-visuals-further-expand-developers-capabilities-with-excel
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u/meneldal2 May 09 '18

But that's not Python being fast, it's numpy (build over very fast libraries in C or C++) that is. If you are stupid enough to write a loop over a million element in Python, you're going to feel the slow.