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0 pointsusrbinbash3y ago0 comments

> I never understood how people consider go an alternative to python.

I work in both Python and Go. I love both languages. Here are a few reasons why I chose Go over Python for a lot of things these days:

Alot faster, self-contained executables instead of virtualenv, scales natively, no GIL, linear code in goroutines instead of asyncio.

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toyg3y ago

> self-contained executables

This really is the only practical area where Go is superior to Python. No messing with 3rd-party libs, no compromises, no hacks... Everything else is not really critical for most people, and largely not worth losing all the nicer features of Python for; if they could just fix it once and for all in stdlib, just blessing one compilation format and making it well-supported on all the big platforms, it would be a big step forward for the ecosystem.

Easier said that done, of course.

Jcowell3y ago

Agreed. If python had a sensible self contain executable where I don’t have to fight and figure out how I’m going to share this program with it’s dependencies and imports I would use it over go in non speed needed applications.

garyrob3y ago

I'm not associated with the nuitka folks, but I want to mention that I've successfully used it to make self-contained executables for python projects. I haven't used it for anything huge, but so far it's worked flawlessly.

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