---
title: "Think Like an Octopus (in Python)"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/think-like-an-octopus-in-python--8qya455nc
source_url: https://engineering.blackrock.com/think-like-an-octopus-in-python-a4beb65e04e3
type: article
source: "Blackrock Engineering"
published: 2024-03-21T13:13:09.604Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z
tags: ["python", "numpy"]
reading_time: 17
upvotes: 7
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Think Like an Octopus (in Python)

**[Blackrock Engineering](https://daily.dev/sources/blackrock)** · 17 min read · 7 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

This post explores different options in Python for calculating the market value percent of a sector in an ETF. It discusses trade-offs between methods such as threading, multiprocessing, C++ wrappers, and numpy. The author highlights that numpy is the winner due to its performance, controls, safeguards, and features.

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