Python is a very different language than Lisp. It's much more dynamic. Every method call conceptually involves a hash table look up. Lisp on the other hand is m

Python is a very different language than Lisp. It's much more dynamic. Every method call conceptually involves a hash table look up. Lisp on the other hand is much closer to the bare metal, and much easier to implement efficiently. For Python the implementation techniques of Self would be more appropriate.