5x swifter CPython bindings and first NodeJS bindings

[ashvardanian]

So why would anyone replace the easy-to-use PyBind11 with almost 2,000 lines of pure CPython bindings?! Of course, to lower the latency! PyBind11 wraps every C++ object with a smart pointer, puts a hash table next to it, and addresses function pointers with std::string key lookups 🤯

Let's see where it gets us if benchmarking with the "Leipzig1M" dataset. The bandwidth-oriented functions are just as fast as in the past:

• Hashing the dataset: 77 ms vs 16 ms. 4.5x faster
• Counting the number of "the": 151 ms vs 45 ms. 3.3x faster
• Split all whitespace-delimited words: 782 ms vs 338 ms. 2.3x faster
• Split around every "the": 240 ms vs 48 ms. 5x faster

What about the latency-oriented ones?

• Find the first whitespace: 1ns vs 3ns 3x slower
• Partition around the first whitespace: 73ms vs 33ns. 2212x faster

[ashvardanian]

:tada: This PR is included in version 2.0.0 :tada:

The release is available on GitHub release

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