Go vs. Python for a simple web server
By the same author quoted in my previous post.
Having used Go a bit, I can confirm that a) Go code compiles really fast (tried by me only for small programs, but fast compilation is a design goal for Go, IIRC), and b) compiled Go app binaries are a bit large (*) (but that is probably at least partially due to static linking, which is a feature, a bug, or both, depending on how you look at it :-)
He mentions some pros and cons of both Go and Python.
(*) A simple hello world Go program compiles to a binary of ~1MB on Windows. Not tried it on Linux yet.
- Vasudev Ram
Python and open source consulting and training
www.dancingbison.com
5 comments:
Apples and oranges.
There seems to be little info. in the linked article, just a bunch thoughts written down.
The linked article has no verifiable data.
I did not claim that it was a conclusive experiment or benchmark that proves that Go is better than Python, in any way. Neither, I think, does the author. E.g. he mentioned some pros and cons of both, as did I about Go.
I merely posted it (and mentioned a bit of my own experience with Go) as an interesting anecdote (to me, anyway).
Maybe the use of words like "comparison" misled some commenters.
Personally speaking, if I was to make a claim that language X is "better" than language Y (for whatever value or meaning of "better"), I would state it much more clearly and with evidence.
- Vasudev.
P.S. Apples and oranges - both are tasty :)
Just kidding; I know what you meant by it, but replied above.
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