Original details here: https://github.com/markshannon/faster-cpython/blob/master/pl...

About the author: https://us.pycon.org/2023/speaker/profile/81/index.html

    > His academic and commercial work is focused on compilers, virtual machines and static analysis for Python. His PhD was on building virtual machines for dynamic languages.

This dude looks God-level.

Half-joking: Maybe MSFT can also poach Lars Bak of Google V8-fame.