>> It is astonishing how fast a computer is without the overhead most modern languages bring in. The other interesting thing with high level languages (using P

>> It is astonishing how fast a computer is without the overhead most modern languages bring in. The other interesting thing with high level languages (using Python as an example) is that a small number of features that are not often used keep the language from running significantly faster (see PyPy for example). Seems like there should be room for a language with slightly reduced set of Python features (Py--) which runs much faster.