[xxchan]

Really? I always found it somewhat lacking in this. It has the potential to be so so much faster. Glad to see they're finally working on it.

[burntsushi]

In terms of speed, Go 1.1 is nearly on par with Java. [1]*

[1] - http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?t...

* - To the extent that you may find micro-benchmarks a useful measuring stick.

[igouy]

*"Toy programs" as-in -- http://books.google.com/books?id=gQ-fSqbLfFoC&lpg=PP1&#3...