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Originally it was actually written in LISP. =)

http://blog.reddit.com/2005/12/on-lisp.html

Yes, I glossed over that part. We didn't use web.py very long.

one time, rob malda commented back to me on something. if you could do that same, that'd be greeaaaat

I think this kind of thing doesn't really fly on HN, but sure. :)

And even calling it Pylons is a bit of a stretch. It's an ancient version of Pylons, of which most of the innards have been replaced over time.

It's a very interesting assertion to make, but really ambiguous. Slow how? Is it slow to render the page, slow DB access, slow to build?

It would also be interesting to know the versions and any backstory. My guess is that none of this info exists because it, like most things done in a rush/under pressure, was probably attempted, didn't work right away and then tossed.