[p7g]

> It's primarily a testament to how simply mind bogglingly slow Python is outside of its optimised numerical science ecosystem.

CPython's slowness doesn't boggle my mind at all. It's a bytecode interpreter for an incredibly dynamic language that states simplicity of implementation as a goal. I would say performance is actually pretty impressive considering all that. What _does_ boggle my mind is the performance of cutting-edge optimizing compilers like LLVM and V8!

At least there is a benefit to a simple implementation: Someone like me can dive into CPython's source and find out how things work.