I was dealing with a Python implementation for a prisoner problem simulation that involves permutations. You can simulate a permutation by running `random.sample(list)` or by running `np.random.permutation(n_prisoners)` but if you want to then wal...

Vincent D. Warmerdam

A performance comparison of different implementations (pure Python, NumPy, Numba, Rust, and Mojo) for solving the 100 prisoners problem simulation. The author discovers that AI-generated benchmarks contained unfair comparisons, and after fixing them, Numba achieved 8.5x speedup while Rust reached 9.1x. The piece reflects on the trade-offs between achieving performance gains through AI-assisted code generation versus maintaining codebase simplicity and understanding the 'why' behind design decisions.

benchmarking permutations