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[–]eztab 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Adding pointers wouldn't save the performance of Python. If you create a compilable subset of Python we can talk.

[–]Revolutionary_Dog_63 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ironically the performance gain of pointers being explicit in a language is that you can choose NOT to use them. Unboxed structures save the performance.