HN Hall of Fame Weekly email

Fast Non-Standard Data Structures for Python

Resurfaced independently across 5 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
6
submitters
6
observed span
2012–2022
peak thread · 9 comments
156 pts
latest 20+ return · 2015-02-05
107 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

First comments on top threads

HN comment order

I'd like to add scipy.spatial.cKDTree for really fast kd-trees. Just used it for a geospatial data analysis application (find the closest N facilities to a given point) and it blew the numpy and standard python alternatives out of the water in terms of speed.

From 2013, but it's a big list.

jdnier·107-point thread·

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
278

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
11

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2012-09-01Fast Non-Standard Data Structures for Pythonkmike8420
2012-09-17High-performance data structures for Pythonolidb290
2013-01-28Fast Non-Standard Data Structures for Python First breakout · Best threadkrat0sprakhar1569
2015-02-05Fast Non-Standard Data Structures for Python (2013)Latest 20+ point returnmakmanalp1072
2019-10-15Fast Non-Standard Data Structures for Pythoncarapace10
2022-03-10Fast Non-Standard Data Structures for Pythongraderjs30