The issue is that Python is sort of necessarily slow. Most code translates 1:1 to straightforward C but of course it is possible to create some monstrosity wher

The issue is that Python is sort of necessarily slow. Most code translates 1:1 to straightforward C but of course it is possible to create some monstrosity where, after the 3rd time an exception is thrown, all integer arithmetics change and string addition turns into 'eval'. All approaches to "make Python fast again" tend to lock down some of the flexibility so aren't realy general purpose.