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		awda on April 30, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How slow is Python really? Or how fast is your lan... Just a few guesses: `- It doesn't have Google / Thompson / Rsc / etc behind it - It looks more like Ruby than C (say what you will about C-like syntax, but I think the success of Java and C++ has proved that point)` But you're right, I ought to look into it.

film42 on April 30, 2014 [–]

I can't find the source, but I recall Rob Pike talking about how the Go language and syntax are designed to "scale". Naturally, Mr. Pike would opt for a C style syntax, but with tools like go fmt and the package manager built in to the tooling from day 1, he kind of has a point.

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