title: Python-syntax language as fast as C++?
body: <p>This is basically a question &quot;why high-level languages are slower than low-level&quot;.</p>
  <p>It is known that high-level languages provide more human-friendly abstractions, but what does it have to do with runtime speed? Is it just because high-level languages are VM-based or because they're dynamically typed?</p>
  <p><strong>So the question is:</strong>
  Would it be possible to achieve C++ speed if we'd create a language with Python syntax but without VM and automatic memory management?</p>