Python Is So Slow. Can Julia Solve the Two-Language Problem?

Wired | Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Julia's swift code runs,
Ten to a thousand times fast—
Yet Python still rules.

By some benchmarks, Julia code can run 10X to 1,000X faster than Python—but there’s a reason it’s not a very popular programming language.

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