11 months ago

Python has a new compiler that comes with the claim that it makes the language faster than C/C++. Codon is a new Python compiler that aims to solve a few of the less favorable characteristics of the language — the global interpreter lock and type checking at runtime to name a few. Codon’s own https://docs.exaloop.io/codon states the high-performance compiler compiles Python code to native machine code with no runtime overhead. It also says the typical speedups over Python are on the order of 100x or more on a single thread.

Codon then implements duck typing (“if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck” type guessing) to perform runtime type checking at compile time.