It's definitely getting there. I'd actually say that Go's network "batteries" are just about as comprehensive and possibly easier to use than Python's (ie, soc

It's definitely getting there. I'd actually say that Go's network "batteries" are just about as comprehensive and possibly easier to use than Python's (ie, socket, urllib, urllib2, httplib, smtplib, pop3lib, etc.). It's also pretty cool that Go has a full crypto library in written in Go. I was seriously looking at Go for a desktop app using the promising new go-qml, but there seems to be no elegant way to use Qt's system tray feature with go-qml. I'd say Go still has a way to go before it's got as many possibilities as Python for desktop GUI development. But for command line utilities and network apps, I'll definitely reach for Go over Python now (although I'm increasingly playing around with Rust and hoping I can eventually just use Rust for just about everything). Edit: Removed imaplib since Go has no equivalent in its stdlib.