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Ali Çehreli:

> Can that 'i = something' expression be monkey-patched in 
> Python? If so, it could have side-effects to make the program 
> change semantics like Russel Winder means.

Right. And even PyPy isn't a compiler. Python is interpreted. And 
at best JITted. In most cases you use Cpython, that is an 
interpreter. And in Python most optimizations are dangerous, 
because the language is very dynamic. If you look for performance 
it's better for you to look elsewhere (like Julia).

Bye,
bearophile