Well, yeah, because Go is compiled, not interpreted. It's GC isn't as optimized as Java's, but for straight computational speed, it's pretty comparable to other

Well, yeah, because Go is compiled, not interpreted. It's GC isn't as optimized as Java's, but for straight computational speed, it's pretty comparable to other compiled languages. It just isn't a drop-in replacement for Java because it doesn't live in the same space. It does, however, have a similar feel as Python, especially with slices (except Go's don't copy data) and first-order functions. It's a completely different feel though than Python.