Over the years, there have been many, many failed attempts to create alternative VMs for Python, in the hopes of increasing program performance. Even if we ignore the many half-finished Python-to-Parrot translator projects still lurching erratically...
It all started a couple days ago, when Ian Bicking posted about his attempt at using generic functions for a simple JSON-ification task.Then, Rene Dudfield posted comments to the effect that generic functions were a poor fit for the task, and slower...
