python simply not scaleable enough for google?

[Paul Rubin]

sturlamolden <sturlamolden at yahoo.no> writes:
> With Cython we can get "Python" to run at "the speed of C" just by
> adding in optional type declarations for critical variables (most need
> not be declared).

I think there are other semantic differences too.  For general
thoughts on such differences (Cython is not mentioned though), see:

 http://dirtsimple.org/2005/10/children-of-lesser-python.html