I agree and this still holds it back from being the main language in a research environment where one wants to have quick turnaround time. On the other hand, i

I agree and this still holds it back from being the main language in a research environment where one wants to have quick turnaround time. On the other hand, it should work very well as a replacement for Numba. Numba already comes with a one-off jit cost, and it is much more limited in the sort of code it can speed up.