Cython, Psycho, others that I'm forgetting, the "rewritten in C for speed" libraries in the std lib, the huge number of c-ext libs. Are all examples disproving your assumption that Python community doesn't champion "do it in c, for speed".
I know of just three Python (re)implementations attempted at least in part for speed, one abandoned (unladen swallow), one just starting(OP one), and one fairly far along but not yet complete (Pypy). All are niche and relatively small efforts compared to rest of Python communities "do it in C".
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Cython, Psycho, others that I'm forgetting, the "rewritten in C for speed" libraries in the std lib, the huge number of c-ext libs. Are all examples disproving your assumption that Python community doesn't champion "do it in c, for speed".
I know of just three Python (re)implementations attempted at least in part for speed, one abandoned (unladen swallow), one just starting(OP one), and one fairly far along but not yet complete (Pypy). All are niche and relatively small efforts compared to rest of Python communities "do it in C".