Here's what I'd like to see: Find Michael Salib and give him some money so he can sit down and finish/release StarKiller. Here's my rationale: There were 3 talks at PyCON on Python performance. Jim Huginin talked about IronPython. He doesn't need any funding anymore. The PyPy team is applying to the EU for mega grants, so the PSF probably just doesn't have enough money to make a difference. Salib's talk on StarKiller was the final talk, and at that time Salib was looking for a job so he could eat while finishing StarKiller. Four months have gone by and there's been no Starkiller release. If Salib's work could get out, then the Python community could start to help make it better.