On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 1:05 AM Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> wrote:
Perhaps there's some history in the python-dev archives that would inform you of previous discussions and help you repeating already-considered arguments.
This topic has come up a few times over the years. Maybe it would be worthwhile to have an informational PEP which documents the various arguments pro and con to short-circuit or inform future discussions. I'm not volunteering to write it. Denis, maybe you could make a run at it.
The arguments should be being made the other way around. Status quo should not need to debate its own value; a proposed change needs to convince people of its worth. CPython is currently written in C, and anyone who suggests rewriting it has to be the one to submit evidence. (Or if not rewriting it, then whatever the change is. I'm really not sure what's being proposed - wholesale reimplementation? Permitting new modules to be written in C++? The ability to write extension modules in C++? In any case, it's been quite empty of supporting evidence.) ChrisA