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by ferest 2277 days ago
Go is more like a faster python or lighter java, rust is more like C/C++, they aren't comparable
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> Go aims to combine the safety and performance of a statically typed compiled language with the expressiveness and convenience of a dynamically typed interpreted language. It also aims to be suitable for modern systems programming.

- Rob Pike

https://web.stanford.edu/class/ee380/Abstracts/100428-pike-s...

edit: To provide greater context from the slides I linked. Go was designed to replace C++ and Java in Google.

> To provide greater context from the slides I linked. Go was designed to replace C++ and Java in Google.

Was it successful in this task?

Far from it in fact.