it is possible to execute Python code at speeds approaching that of fully compiled languages, by "specialization". The current prototype operates on i386-compatible processors and shows 2 to 100 times speed-ups, depending on code.
an event-driven networking framework supports TCP, UDP, SSL/TLS, multicast, Unix sockets, a large number of protocols (including HTTP, NNTP, IMAP, SSH, IRC, FTP, and others)