By "developers" you mean the core CPython developers here? Because CPython itself is very slow, Java runs circles around it on most benchmarks you'll find such

By "developers" you mean the core CPython developers here? Because CPython itself is very slow, Java runs circles around it on most benchmarks you'll find such as this one[1] from Debian. If you observe the computation time taken, the order of magnitude of difference between Java and Python programs is just preposterous! [1]: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/fastest/python3-java.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...