I didn't mean to imply I didn't profile (otherwise I wouldn't know what parts to write in C). I've been doing profiling (and trying various non-C ideas on what

I didn't mean to imply I didn't profile (otherwise I wouldn't know what parts to write in C). I've been doing profiling (and trying various non-C ideas on what may help first). I'll have to look into PyPy and Cython, thanks.