> You don't need to go that far for GC's bad rep considering that excruciatingly slow Python can be found TODAY! To be fair, the GC is probably the last reason

> You don't need to go that far for GC's bad rep considering that excruciatingly slow Python can be found TODAY! To be fair, the GC is probably the last reason of Python speed problems. Many languages also designed with GC performs significantly better than python in term of raw performance [^1]. The extremely dynamic nature of python associated with its reference semantics are probably significantly more to blame here. [^1] https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/fastest/python.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...