If you just use plain python, there is no array. Both the visual module and the pylab module load numpy. And you can still index the array as you would a list. Here is an example. Looks the same.

Here’s a simple example: import numpy as np np.array([0, 1, 2 ... performance is hidebound by the time it takes for Python to create a list, and for NumPy to convert that list into an array.

The Python language's one major failing is performance ... but in terms of readability. For example, here is a lambda function that applies a square function to a list in Java: There are several ...