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		Finite Fields in Julia (Defining Your Own Number Type) (acooke.org)
		6 points by andrewcooke on Feb 24, 2014 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

j2kun on Feb 24, 2014 [–]

I would really like to see a speed comparison between Python's operator-overloaded arithmetic and Julia's custom number types.

What I mean by that is the relative slowdown going from native Python to overloaded Python versus native Julia to overloaded Julia.

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