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		ris on May 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python 3.11 beta vs. 3.10 benchmark > JavaScript which is an as-dynamic language It really is not. Python allows a huge amount of the object model to be overridden and introspected at any point. Javascript doesn't even allow operator overloading.

lenkite on May 20, 2022 | [–]

Can't Python just get a `const` keyword and CPython can then optimize accordingly ?

frozenport on May 18, 2022 | [–]

You that like its a bad thing :-P

pretext-1 on May 19, 2022 | [–]

True, but if I want a proper type system then JavaScript is not an option either.

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