"on purpose not optimized, only a reference implementation of interpretable scripting language without any focus on performance" That policy is over. As the l

"on purpose not optimized, only a reference implementation of interpretable scripting language without any focus on performance" That policy is over. As the last years have shown, no alternative implementation can get off the ground due to C extensions and compatibility concerns, and CPython is now relied on for many large applications. It no longer makes sense to prioritise a simple implementation over performance.