Python-based compiler achieves orders-of-magnitude speedups
Preface: I don&#x27;t just want to crap on Python here and sell Nim. I like Python, and still use it.<p>But it still shocks me just how much money and manpower is thrown at trying to bikeshed and optimize and compile Python and its libraries, while the Nim compiler is essentially a community hobby project that has made the concept of a &quot;compiled Python&quot; a reality already. The orders of magnitude in scale difference, and the qualities of the output products, are staggering.<p>I&#x27;m kind of starting to see what Guido is talking about when he says Python is a legacy language that&#x27;s probably on its way out. Even in the interpreted world, languages like Janet and other newcomers are performing fascinating experiments, often doing more with less.