> there is surely no point whatsoever for such a native version to exist If you want to avoid cgo. There are two reasons for that: easy cross-compilation, and

> there is surely no point whatsoever for such a native version to exist If you want to avoid cgo. There are two reasons for that: easy cross-compilation, and https://dave.cheney.net/2016/01/18/cgo-is-not-go https://dave.cheney.net/2016/01/18/cgo-is-not-go > Couldn't the same test suite be used for a Go/whatever rewrite, or at least be ported to Go too? And then port each and every update as well? The only use of such a rewrite is performance improvement in go programs. Surely improving the c-to-go compiler is a better investment of effort? It would benefit other projects too. Rewriting sqlite in go will only lead to less effort on the c-to-go compiler.