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New C++ Acceleration Library Velox Juices Code Execution Up To 8x

Momentum is building around Velox, a new C++ acceleration library that can deliver a 2x to 8x speedup for computational engines like Presto, Spark, and PyTorch, and likely others in the future. The open source technology Read more…

What’s Driving Python’s Massive Popularity?

Earlier this month, Python moved into the number one slot in the TIOBE Index, marking the first time in 20 years that a language named C or Java wasn’t at the top of the list. It’s a nice feather in Python’s cap, a Read more…

Can PHP Script a Big Data Comeback?

PHP is widely known as an interpreted language. But with PHP version 8, the language was given a Just In Time (JIT) compiler. According to PHP folks at Zend, that JIT compiler could pave the way for PHP to be more widely Read more…

Apache Arrow Takes ‘Flight’ with Big Data Net

A data transport framework released by the Apache Arrow community aims to alleviate some of the pain associated with accessing large data sets over networks. Apache Arrow Flight is described as a general-purpose, clie Read more…

Which Programming Language Is Best for Big Data?

Nothing is quite so personal for programmers as what language they use. Why a data scientist, engineer, or application developer picks one over the other has as much to do with personal preference and their employers' IT Read more…

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