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		irrational on Jan 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making Python Programs Blazingly Fast Because of the web, Google and other companies have poured tons of resources into improving the speed of JavaScript. I wonder where Python would be if the same level of resources had been devoted to it.

pjmlp on Jan 14, 2020 [–]

There was no Web for pouring resources into Lisp, Scheme, Smalltalk, or even Dylan considering its short life.

Python already has it, PyPy, but it tends to be ignored by many.

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