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Is Go fast AND human friendly?

• jes5199 14y ago
  Some people certainly think so. "Fast" and "Friendly" are both relative concepts, and it's hard to get a definitive answer.
  • anoncow 14y ago
    Is Go as fast as java and as friendly as python?
    • afandian 14y ago
      Yes.
    • nemothekid 14y ago
      My experience with Go is that it is as friendly as python. Not a lot of tricks and was incredibly easy to pick up and understand. But FWIW, I don't think its as fast/mature as Java yet.
    • ralfn 14y ago
      Neither. Less friendly ("language complexity") than Python, and less performant than Java (not in the same league). Its just another trade off. Beyond the hype, it has interesting choices, and some very poor ones. (No algebraic datatypes, conservative exploitable will-break-your-program garbage collector, no tail recursion) But the trade off between performance, safety and compile time is quite unique, and should be considered its main contribution to the language design space. Its just too bad it ignores every other contribution from the last thirty years. Like how to do a type system, or how to write a garbage collection that survives long run proccesses.
• pointyhatuk 14y ago
  Both of those are subjective.