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It can't be faster. It can't consume less memory. It can't stay still.
So they add auxiliary features. No matter how much they downvote you, you're right.
For a new project it doesn't make sense to not use Go, or something similar, if you're going down that road.
Cpython (every edition gets optimizations)/PyPy/Numba/Cython/... -> faster. Dict optimizations -> less memory.
It can't be faster. It can't consume less memory. It can't stay still.
So they add auxiliary features. No matter how much they downvote you, you're right.
For a new project it doesn't make sense to not use Go, or something similar, if you're going down that road.