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Re:Go at Google: Language Design in the Service of Software ... by pjmlp on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @04:14AM (#4875543)
> 'faster Python'

Why throw away Python's capabilities to execute it faster? Just make use of PyPy.

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Re:Go at Google: Language Design in the Service of Software ... by Symmetry on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @09:31AM (#4876362)
PyPy is geometrically about halfway between CPython and Go, performance-wise.
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Re:Go at Google: Language Design in the Service of Software ... by pjmlp on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @10:07AM (#4876527)
For the type of applications Google is showing off with Go, I doubt it matters.
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