[latchkey]

My mistake, I shouldn't have put a number there since that is what you focused on.

Rewriting it in assembly is the way to go, but that has other tradeoffs.

[dontlaugh]

I’m not focused on a number, I’m just pointing out Go’s optimisation potential is lower than other options.

Of course it’s a trade off and their reasons are fine, but rewrites are expensive and disruptive. I would have picked something that can avoid a second rewrite later on.