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On 03/11/2013 18:28, rusi wrote:
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> Which means take something like the pairwise function and code it up in python and julia -- its hardly 10 lines of code.  And see what comparative performance you get.
>

Solely on the grounds that you've mentioned julia how about this 
http://blog.leahhanson.us/julia-calling-python-calling-julia.html

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But the best has yet to be invented.  Christian Tismer

Mark Lawrence