Moving code from Python to Julia: Beware of false friends

In general it’s easy to transfer code from Python to Julia. But there are some pitfalls you should know.

False Friends

When learning a foreign language, you will encounter words that are spelled and pronounced similar to words you know in your mother tongue. But sometimes these seemingly familiar words have a completely different meaning in the other language. E.g. the German verb “bekommen” seems to be equivalent to the English “t …

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