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by exim 5084 days ago
But it ended up as an alternative to Python, of course language-wise. Library-wise, it is still far far away.
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IMO Go's standard library (http://golang.org/pkg/) is at least as complete as Python's for everyday programming and includes some things that Python's standard library doesn't such as crypto, image processing and a production ready HTTP server.

Right now I'd say Python has an advantage in comprehensive frameworks such as Django or Numpy but I think it's just a matter of time before similar frameworks emerge for Go.