Python One Billion Row Challenge — From 10 Minutes to 4 Seconds

The one billion row challenge is exploding in popularity. How well does Python stack up?

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The question of how fast a programming language can go through and aggregate 1 billion rows of data has been gaining traction lately. Python, not being the most performant language out there, naturally doesn’t