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by krenel 2370 days ago
IMHO the affirmation of

> Go is faster to iterate

holds true considering the total lifespan of the project. Golang is more explicit thus requiring more time to define every type but I've never refactored so fast and safe a codebase. In Python the fact that is dynamic makes it more difficult to safely iterate over it (is more statically-typed Vs dynamically typed). About error handling, it's not perfect, but the code is readable, easy to follow and easy to reason about.

> Iteration in go is simply harder as you have to be more explicit rather than sketching something out.

I will completely agree that prototyping in Python is way faster. Python is my preferred language for throwaway/prototype code.

> Where do you get this idea from?

It's solely based in my experience. I hope it contributes to the conversation.