I personally believe every programmer should feel comfortable using one interpreted language and one compiled language. That said, what are the thoughts from the community on Google's golang vs C++ or Java?
Is go a decent choice? Have you used it?
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Go is clean and simple. I'm a former C++ & Java programmer and only use Go now as my first-choice compiled language.
My interpreted language choice is Python. Python has excellent library support, so I use it for things where there is no Go library available.
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Does the speed of a well written Go program approach that of C++? It's in the same order of magnitude for speed, correct?
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It's definitely the same order of magnitude as C++. It's probably similar to Java performance, but Go is much more efficient with memory than Java.
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