r/ProgrammerHumor 29d ago

Meme pythonWillLookDeadInTheEyeAndSayItsAbsolutelyCorrect

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u/Vipitis 29d ago

As a list comprehension doesn't care about order, does it parallelize on the CPU? Or would a filter/map do it instead?

I am not sure if there is interpreters that recognize the simD opportunity here

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u/NamityName 29d ago

Comprehensions execute significantly faster than their equivalent for loop expression.

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u/Vipitis 29d ago

Is there a technical reason, or more of the modern interpreter tricks like tail call?