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I don't know specifically but the CPython ethos has often been to prize simplicity of the implementation over performance.
by eatonphil 5y ago
I don't know specifically but the CPython ethos has often been to prize simplicity of the implementation over performance.
- MichaelMoser123 5y agoYou are right, i think that Python is trying to be as expressive and succinct as possible. A runtime like pypy is very difficult to change, and it would therefore make it much more difficult to evolve the language.
- Ralfp 5y agoLuckily „Faster CPython” is now a thing and even Guido participates in it. Reasoning given for course correction was (AFAIR) that Python really could be faster for things like data science or ML.