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Datatable: The C++ Powerhouse for Blazing-Fast 2D Data

Boost big data speed in Python! Datatable: C++-powered, pandas-like but faster. Handle 100GB+ with ease.

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Meng Li
May 08, 2025
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Speed up your Data munging with Python's Datatable

Are you still using pandas to handle big data, only to face memory crashes and sluggish read/write speeds? Come here and meet the new heavyweight champion in Python—datatable!

It’s a package with a C++ core wrapped in Python, designed for lightning-fast reading, writing, and manipulation of 2D tabular data. Inspired by R’s data.table, its syntax and API are deliberately similar but optimized for big data scenarios.

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