Conclusion by author: > Now Go loses by over 13 times to the winner. It also loses by over 2 times to Java, which contradicts the general perception of the JVM

Conclusion by author: > Now Go loses by over 13 times to the winner. It also loses by over 2 times to Java, which contradicts the general perception of the JVM being a memory hog and Go being lightweight. Note that Go and Java code are not doing the same! See xargon7 comment.