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Differences between Python list and NumPy array

Python lists are very flexible, but memory access performance is not optimal. In this video Jussi Enkovaara shows what NumPy arrays more efficient.

Python lists are very flexible, but not always optimal for numerical computations.

In this video we discuss the main differences between Python list and NumPy array which is the most important Python data structure for storing numeric data.

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Python in High Performance Computing

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