[wokwokwok]

Not really. Python is sufficiently order-of-magnitudes slow, that it is not possible to implement pure python low level primitives.

There are no pure python low level primitives; everything is either a) wrapper, or, b) slow as hell and uses memory like a hog.

Python that wraps another language is a perfectly good way to doing things; but those low level primitives are never written in python.

...and neither are the low level primitives used in this case (—-> https://github.com/redis/hiredis).

[gomoboo]

I think we’re on the same page here with thinking Python wrapping another language is an alright way to do things.

There might be room for going lower with Python via interpreters like PyPy. Memory usage will still be high but speed will improve and you get the benefit of Python’s ease of use. For some that’s what matters most.

Personally I’m looking for a language that marries Python’s ease of composition and simple package building with typing that speeds up development in an IDE. I haven’t found that language yet. I’d be interested to hear any suggestions you have if you’ve gone down that road.