# Elixir vs Python

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-vs-python/25619>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Tags:** discussion, python, elixir\
**Created:** [September 24, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-vs-python/25619 "2019-09-24T11:32:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-vs-python/25619/14 "2019-09-24T15:46:42Z")

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OP stated he didn’t want to talk about libraries so I was referring to just the language themselves.

I’d love to be proven wrong but I’ve done Project Euler in both languages with no libraries. From my experiences and what I’ve read Elixir/Erlang is much slower than Python.

But I do understand your statement about Python’s libraries are implemented in faster language. I’ve use a lot of R libraries and they are implemented in C++ and Fortran mostly. It’s very much a glue language.

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