This post is actually reversing cause and effect: Python wheels are slower on anything that is not glibc or x86(-64). There's nothing wrong from Alpine side or anything that is not x86(-64) but with the mechanism used by Python.
This is a problem I have with Python: everything is assumed to be a standard GNU/Linux/desktop environment, you are assumed to always have to have the latest versions of everything (or to have "up to" a certain version, which then breaks everything else that relies on the latest), and all becomes sub-optimal if you deviate a bit from the expectations.
Now this is fine for some people but you can't blame the ones that have different environments. This is why most people doing actual embedded cringe when someone suggests using Python, because the experience is not usually pleasant.
This is a problem I have with Python: everything is assumed to be a standard GNU/Linux/desktop environment, you are assumed to always have to have the latest versions of everything (or to have "up to" a certain version, which then breaks everything else that relies on the latest), and all becomes sub-optimal if you deviate a bit from the expectations.
Now this is fine for some people but you can't blame the ones that have different environments. This is why most people doing actual embedded cringe when someone suggests using Python, because the experience is not usually pleasant.