It is, but if you have to do a rewrite anyway? The real gem in the rough with Python2 is PyPy4. You don't have to rewrite anything, while gaining CPU performan

It is, but if you have to do a rewrite anyway? The real gem in the rough with Python2 is PyPy4. You don't have to rewrite anything, while gaining CPU performance as a feature and dropping the GIL. If you're not gaining that, I would probably switch to another language too. Elixir, Go, Swift, among others are definitely worth porting too.