No, compared to nothing. Go is fast (or at least that's what Go programmers feel when they are using it). If they want to know why, they can read this article.

No, compared to nothing. Go is fast (or at least that's what Go programmers feel when they are using it). If they want to know why, they can read this article. This article is not Go vs. Java vs. C++ advocacy, don't try to make it looks like it is. It makes no claim Go employs better optimization technology than C++.