Jake Vanderplas previously wrote an excellent blog post about Python performance and scientific computing: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jakevdp.github.io&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2014&#x2F;05&#x2F;09&#x2F;why-python-is-slow&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jakevdp.github.io&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2014&#x2F;05&#x2F;09&#x2F;why-python-is-slow...</a>