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Re:Python programming: We want to make the language twice as... by planetis on Saturday May 15, 2021 @04:36AM (#27163492)
Actually it is possible, Nim compiles to C and is a viable alternative to CPython.

nimpy https://github.com/yglukhov/nimpy PyGotham talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVgNVJdizHg another blog post: https://robert-mcdermott.gitlab.io/posts/speeding-up-python-...

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Re:Python programming: We want to make the language twice as... by turbinerneiter on Saturday May 15, 2021 @04:58AM (#27163579)
This doesn't make existing python code bases faster. You have to rewrite in nim.
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Re:Python programming: We want to make the language twice as... by planetis on Saturday May 15, 2021 @06:25AM (#27163976)
Yeah (rewrite) just the hotpaths like you would with Cython. Also there is https://github.com/Pebaz/Nimporter which makes it easier.
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