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> I use Go for small command-line apps, where it shines I'm curious. Is there empirical evidence proving that Go is better than Java for small command-line ap

• pron 11y ago
  > Is there empirical evidence proving that Go is better than Java for small command-line apps Sure. It doesn't require warmup, it's a little easier to deploy as a standalone executable, and performance is comparable to compiled Java code in programs of this size (you can easily confirm all three claims); those are pretty much the relevant requirements from many command line programs. It's not a property of the language but of its implementation choices (AOT compilation, statically linked runtime), which match the requirements of those kinds of applications better.