On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:42:39PM -0400, [email protected] wrote: > From what I can see GO is purely compiled down to object code and linked into > static binaries. IMHO Perl, as an interpreted language, is doing *super* to > be *only* twice the runtime of Go! Maybe others have a better handle on > this.
Yes, 2x is not bad. Generally, comparing language speed doesn't get you far unless you can use any language. If you're not doing green field programming, there's generally enough of an investment in a particular language (or set of languages) that the mountain is hard to move. In most cases (web services), a slower language just means more servers. Hardware will get you surprisingly far before you are forced to really think about scalability. When that happens, you need more from your language than mere speed. -Gyepi _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
