On: Compiling a subset of Python syntax to x86-64 asse...

[ianai]

Because the people who talk down python for not being c/c++ "would win".

[john_moscow → ianai]

Why? Both C/C++ and Python are just tools and they have different strong/weak sides. I can't see much harm in combining the strong sides of 2 worlds.

That said, isn't PyPy (https://pypy.org/) already doing the same thing?

[ianai → john_moscow]

I wasnt being serious - in line with the headline "for fun and no profit".

Optimizing python with calls out to optimized c/c++ code has always been a thing. I think a large part of the interest here is novelty.