datatable —— A More "Powerful" Big Data Table Tool Than Pandas

datatable: A high-performance Python library for fast single-machine big data processing. Handles large datasets (GBs) efficiently with optimized memory & multi-threaded operations. Ideal for feature

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Let's be honest upfront: datatable is like the muscular version of pandas, but it's not a simple replacement.

Built from C++/C ground up, it focuses on speed and single-machine big data processing (tens to hundreds of GB), perfect for feature engineering, fast I/O, and scenarios where you don't want to be dragged down by sluggish CPU/IO performance.

I'll explain this in plain, down-to-earth language to avoid the dry encyclopedia-style descriptions.