This is not true at all. PyPy implements a tracing jit that compiles specific loops for each set of types run through the interpreter. This means it is actually

This is not true at all. PyPy implements a tracing jit that compiles specific loops for each set of types run through the interpreter. This means it is actually possible to have Python code that runs faster than C code in some rare cases: http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2011/07/realtime-image-processing-in-python.html http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2011/07/realtime-image-processi...