On: What Blocks Ruby and Python from Getting to JavaScript V8 Speed?

[grandalf]

Ironically, Python w/o c extensions is what you get to use on Google App Engine and it works quite nicely for many purposes.

[dragonwriter → grandalf]

> Ironically, Python w/o c extensions is what you get to use on Google App Engine and it works quite nicely for many purposes.

That is not quite correct. While you can't add your own C-extensions, some popular extensions that aren't pure Python are included in the provided platform (including, particularly, numpy.)

[stefanix → dragonwriter]

Same difference. If you only supporting a few you have the option to redesign the interface (e.g: use effi).