python simply not scaleable enough for google?

[greg]

John Nagle wrote:
>    Take a good look at Shed Skin.  ...
> You give up some flexibility; a variable can have only one primitive type
> in its life, or it can be a class object.  That's enough to simplify the
> type analysis to the point that most types can be nailed down before the
> program is run.

These restrictions mean that it isn't really quite
Python, though.

-- 
Greg