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IT teams seeking a dataframe interface solution thats implemented in Rust
About Polars
Knowing of data wrangling habits, Polars exposes a complete Python API, including the full set of features to manipulate DataFrames using an expression language that will empower you to create readable and performant code. Polars is written in Rust, uncompromising in its choices to provide a feature-complete DataFrame API to the Rust ecosystem. Use it as a DataFrame library or as a query engine backend for your data models.
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