Lots of the semantic fanciness of Python (that most users, especially novice coders, dont use anyway) is exactly what slows it down. Its used because its simple

Lots of the semantic fanciness of Python (that most users, especially novice coders, dont use anyway) is exactly what slows it down. Its used because its simple and straightforward, not because of the wierder syntax tools. There has got to be a compromise... some optimized subset of Python the Python devs can agree on that thats more AOT (or at least JIT) friendly.