Python vs. Go

Johnny Estilles

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Johnny Estilles

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Which is better, Python or Go?

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Python

Conceived

Late 1980s

First Implemented

December 1989

Creator

Guido van Rossum

Latest Version

3.7 (June 2018)

https://www.python.org/

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Go

Conceived

2007

First Implemented

March 2012

Creator

Robert Griesemer
Rob Pike
Ken Thompson

Latest Version

1.11 (August 2018)

https://golang.org/​

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Popularity

https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/

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Most Loved

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/

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Pros & Cons

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Pros & Cons: "Libraries and Frameworks"

https://pypi.org/

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Pros & Cons: "Libraries, Frameworks and Ecosystems"

https://golanglibs.com/

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Score

Python

GoLang

1

0

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Pros & Cons: "Performance"

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Score

Python

GoLang

1

1

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Pros & Cons: "Developer Productivity"

Python

GoLang

dynamically typed

static type system

faster to write

open source linters

easier to optimize

gofmt

external parallelism libraries

integrated concurrency

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Score

Python

GoLang

2

2

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Pros & Cons: "Use Cases"

Python

GoLang

web development

fast prototyping

machine learning

systems programming

service software

microservices

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So which language is the winner?

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References

https://golang.org/

https://www.python.org/

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/