Boost Your Python Code With Rust Extensions

As most of you already know, Python is a general-purpose programming language optimized for simplicity and ease of use. While it’s a great tool for light tasks, code execution speed can soon become a major bottleneck in your programs. In this article, we’ll discuss why Python is so slow, when compared to other programming languages. Then, we’ll see how to write a basic Rust extension for Python and compare its performance to a native Python implementation. <h2>Why Python is slow</h2> Before we start, I would like to point out that programming languages aren’t inherently fast or slow: their implementations are. If you want to learn about the difference between a language and its implementation, check out this article: <a href="https://medium.com/towards-data-science/boost-your-python-code-with-rust-extensions-108afdbd4e13">Read More</a>