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by maxwelljoslyn 488 days ago
VWWHFSfQ, you may already know this, but: I recommend this talk by Armin Ronacher (Flask creator) on how Python's implementation internals contribute to the difficulties of making Python faster.

https://www.youtube.com/watchv=qCGofLIzX6g

One case study Ronacher gets into is the torturous path taken through the Python interpreter (runtime?) when you evaluate `__add__`. Fascinating stuff.

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Your link is broken, here's a working one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCGofLIzX6g