I believe this article [0] (previous discussion [1]) from one of pyston's authors gives a much better overview of why python is slow. [0] http://blog.kevmod.co

I believe this article [0] (previous discussion [1]) from one of pyston's authors gives a much better overview of why python is slow. [0] http://blog.kevmod.com/2016/07/why-is-python-slow/ http://blog.kevmod.com/2016/07/why-is-python-slow/ [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12025309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12025309