[joncatanio]

I've used Python quite a bit for various projects. For a compilers class I wrote a compiler in Python and had a blast. So I spoke with that advisor and decided I wanted to get a Master's and he had suggested a project that analyses Python. The main question concerned which dynamic features of a language cause performance issues. Python just happened to have a lot of the features that we hypothesized caused slowdowns so we chose it. Plus we were both familiar with the language so that was a draw.

The same analysis could be done on JS or Ruby, it would be cool to see if a similar compiler would yield the same performance results for restricting features in JS/Ruby. It would also validate this work nicely as well.