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Reminds me of this post https://hackernoon.com/why-is-python-so-slow-e5074b6fe55b https://hackernoon.com/why-is-python-so-slow-e5074b6fe55b I can't say I unders
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Reminds me of this post https://hackernoon.com/why-is-python-so-slow-e5074b6fe55b https://hackernoon.com/why-is-python-so-slow-e5074b6fe55b I can't say I understood everything but I also recall that Python is hard to optimise because it has such a rich object model
- pjmlp 8y agoThe same rich object model that Common Lisp, Dylan, SELF, JavaScript, Smalltalk enjoy while having JIT support. For example in Smalltalk, you can destroy all JIT assumptions about a given object by sending a become: message. https://gbracha.blogspot.com/2009/07/miracle-of-become.html https://gbracha.blogspot.com/2009/07/miracle-of-become.html