This was a quite common criticism over r/Python[0] as well, saying that using C modules and then benchmarking "Python" with C isn't fair.

Perhaps it was my wording that caused this confusion, for which I am sorry, but I never meant to compare "pure" Python with C. The point I am trying to make is that, Python with C extensions can be as considerably[1] performant as C code for network or memory bound tasks.

[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/awav6k/pydis_a_redi...

[1]: It's of course controversial whether 60% throughput is considerable or not.