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  tools have been overlooked almost completely

Also even popular people like Guido van Rossum can't get enough funds to improve compilers of such an important language as Python [0]. And current patent system doesn't support developing of software tools because everything is already owned by some patent trolls. For instance, why do they still not use AI agents [1] in machine code optimization? I think, it is not a coincidence. Just read recent news about Chinese hacking the USA hardware. Along with Russians they just dumb you down.

[0] "Dropbox pulls the plug on faster Python project", https://www.infoworld.com/article/3162800/open-source-tools/...

[1] "Simplifier AI", https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GSv89tiQmPDcnFEu4n4CqfaJcUJ...

Your 0 link doesn't actually support your claim.

Dropbox abandoned their incompatible python 2 jit compiler. Pypy remains available and there was really no point in having another around.

And Guido had nothing to do with that decision afaict.

Finally, the reason why they dropped it is absolutely correct. Python isn't meant to be used for performance critical work. Python is however fast enough for most usecases - especially with pypy, but definitely not all.

Why not have single language for all kinds of work? And why not spend some tiny part of those money dedicated to improving hardware by 2x-3x, when there are people [0] claiming Python run-time has potential to 1000x speed-up? I know, I know, it will make manual optimization job nonsense, and everyone needs a job nowadays it seems...

[0] https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/computing/har...

Did you actually read that link?

Yes, you can have a substantial performance boost for python by rewriting it fully in c... But that's exactly like saying that c performance is substantially better than Python's.

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