[dist-epoch]

Cool, but it has very little to do with Python, except some similar looking syntax.

So for a Python programmer with a performance problem, it doesn't look like a solution.

[barnabee]

They are also building in pretty serious Python interop. You should be able to at least somewhat mix the two or migrate gradually, and still use Python libs for less performance critical code (or if the libs do their performance critical stuff in C++ or whatever and are therefore fast enough).