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Re:I built a hardware processor that runs Python by hwpythonner on Monday April 28, 2025 @09:25AM (#43821299)
You make a great point — type information is definitely a huge part of the challenge.

I'd add that even beyond types, late binding is fundamental to Python’s dynamism: Variables, functions, and classes are often only bound at runtime, and can be reassigned or modified dynamically.

So even if every object had a type annotation, you would still need to deal with names and behaviors changing during execution — which makes traditional static compilation very hard.

That’s why PyXL focuses more on efficient dynamic execution rather than trying to statically "lock down" Python like C++.

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