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It's interesting that, with Python, the reference implementation is the implementation
yeah there's Jython but really, Python means both the language and a particular interpreter.
Many compiled languages aren't this way at all
C compilers come from Intel, Microsoft, GNU, LLVM, among others. And even some scripting languages have this diversity
there are multiple JavaScript implementations, for example, and JS is...weird, yes, but afaik can be faster than Python in many cases.
I don't know what my point is exactly, but Python a) is sloooow, and b) doesn't really have competition of interpreters. Which is interesting, at least, to me.
Pypy is often considered the "best" alternative Python implementation. In some cases it can be much faster. But it's often one or two versions behind, and not 100% compatible, and of course it doesn't work with native Cpython extensions.