Data passing to Python node still slow

Hey,

some time ago, when I tried working in Python nodes in KNIME, I noticed that passing data to Python is very slow. Hoped that it is fixed already, but no - seems still on (v4.4.1). My table is some 700k rows x 90 columns, and 50 minutes after passing it to Python script node the Python still have not received the whole dataset.

I am workarounding this by first writing data to CSV and then reading in using pandas, however it would save a lot of hassle if data went into Python node smoothly.