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> optimization-friendly subset of the language in the form of RPython, and building the rest of it in that language.

I'm assuming 99% of normal python users are not using anything outside of the RPython subset, correct?

RPython's restrictions [1] are quite strict - I'd say its more likely that 99% of normal Python does use features that aren't supported by RPython.

The libraries they depend on probably are, though.