> For example - I want to write idiomatic Python with all the benefits of flexibility and readability. I then want the possibility of optimizing some parts to t

> For example - I want to write idiomatic Python with all the benefits of flexibility and readability. I then want the possibility of optimizing some parts to the level of a static language - but only those parts that need it. Then you want to check out Numba--it compiles explicitly marked Python functions to LLVM IR.