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by llm_nerd 935 days ago
Using the origin-story* of a language to argue against what the language can be used for now is never a good argument.

Go is a powerful, accessible language. It yields highly optimized, tight binary output targeting a wide variety of platforms and systems. Why not Go?

Python is basically a non-starter in this space. Your other example is a scripting language inside an engine. These seem orthogonal.

* - Which is oft heavily editorialized and fictitious, such as in this case