Python too slow for real world

[Paul Prescod]

Justin Sheehy wrote:
>
> > (And... How about builtin regexes in P2?) 
>
> In all seriousness, what reason do you have for making that
> suggestion?  I am willing to believe that there might be a good reason
> to do so, but it certainly isn't immediately obvious.

One benefit would be that the compiler could compile regexps at the same
time everything else is being compiled.

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