Python’s native libraries and third-party web frameworks provide fast and convenient ways to create everything from simple REST APIs ... you’re better off with C/C++, Rust, or another language ...

With Python, for example, many choices cropped ... LLVM’s creators have a tutorial, using either C++ or OCAML, that steps you through creating a simple language called Kaleidoscope.

[Alexander] had slightly different ideas, however, and created codex_py2cpp as a way to play with the idea of automagically converting Python into C++ ... maybe start simple and don’t throw ...