> The gulf between Python and Go isn't a matter of a few dozen percent, it's a matter of a few dozen times in terms of speed and generally substantial integer m

> The gulf between Python and Go isn't a matter of a few dozen percent, it's a matter of a few dozen times in terms of speed and generally substantial integer multiples on memory use too. I think here is your problem. You're expecting dynamically typed, interpreted language to be comparable to statically typed compiled language. Python is best used as a glue language, or when performance is not critical. That doesn't mean you can't have fast code with python. I for example was able to encode a live video into using x264 then steam it over the Internet in python, then on the other side receive the data, decode and display it. Though the encoding/decoding was done by a C code that was interacted with through python package. I suppose I could have the whole thing done in C, but then my code would be more complex and longer. It will also be harder to iterate on it.