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Because they want to get off of Python completely, and forever. They're not looking for speed, they're looking to ditch the liability of supporting Python and i

• JPKab 10y ago
  Yeah, they didn't at all say that.
  • randomdata 10y ago
    Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean it is not true. There are many reasons why Google may not want to reveal long-term plans so explicitly. It's clear that existing Python codebases will be maintained for the foreseeable future – there would be no reason to build this otherwise – but this may signify a shift away from Python for new extensions to the project, as this now makes it possible to integrate Go packages with relative ease.