[amelius]

The challenge is not just to make Python faster, it's to make Python faster __and__ port the ecosystem of Python modules to your new environment.

[eigenspace]

It’s also just simply not python. It’s a separate language with a confusingly close syntax to python, but quite different semantics.

[Myrmornis]

This should be top comment. If I don't get the ecosystem then I'd just use Rust.