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Well that's easy. Python doesn't compile anything. The old adage, 'the secret to writing fast code is writing code that does less' is true.

• setr 7y ago
  Sure it does — its just not compiling ahead of time; or rather, compiling + running is behind a single command
  • eximius 7y ago
    And the compilation is depressingly literal because optimization is so difficult with Pythons level of dynamics.