I hadn't seen the network driver comparison before, interesting. Go does really well here, maybe because this is the kind of job is was designed for originally?

I hadn't seen the network driver comparison before, interesting. Go does really well here, maybe because this is the kind of job is was designed for originally? I'm not sure. For the kinds of things I generally write, this is usually a good way to compare something approximating real world performance: https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r18&hw=ph&test=json https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r18&hw=... C, Java, C# and Go all appear at the top there so it's basically a wash, +/-5%. I still think the main perception of Go as "the fastest option" on places like HN is because people are coming from some of the slower languages (Javascript, Ruby, etc). Footnote: I don't think there's anything wrong with using a slower language, a lot of them have higher productivity overall. I also just happen to prefer programming in Java, so it's overall the best choice for most jobs for me.