Performance Optimization

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Related: Donald Knuth · Premature Optimization · Algorithm Design · Python · Python Internals · Numba · Cython · Numpy

Notes

• Bit Twiddling Hacks — Reference collection of low-level C bit manipulation tricks
• Python Patterns - An Optimization Anecdote — Iterative Python optimization from naive loop to 12x speedup
• Pythonic Perambulations — Benchmark comparison of Numba JIT versus Cython for Python numerical code
• Revisiting Knuth's "Premature Optimization" Paper — Contextual reanalysis of Knuth premature optimization quote and its misuse