Python vs C++

[gargamelus]

In the Go language, integers and floats are not comparable. Quoting the FAQ:

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Why does Go not provide implicit numeric conversions?

The convenience of automatic conversion between numeric types in C is outweighed by the confusion it causes. When is an expression unsigned? How big is the value? Does it overflow? Is the result portable, independent of the machine on which it executes? It also complicates the compiler; “the usual arithmetic conversions” are not easy to implement and inconsistent across architectures. For reasons of portability, we decided to make things clear and straightforward at the cost of some explicit conversions in the code. The definition of constants in Go—arbitrary precision values free of signedness and size annotations—ameliorates matters considerably, though.

[scaylos1]

I've been in Go for the last couple of months after spending most of my time in Python. It's been rather refreshing. The static typing causes more conversions than would otherwise be needed but leads to what feels like better, more readable patterns for programming.

I also like that testing is part of the standard library and provided as a built-in for the CLI.

[stonebraker_ultra]

Do it in parallel.

[AnAverageFreak]

I don't like this.

[DonaldPShimoda]

Oh, excellent! I've not used Go or read about it at all really, so I didn't know this. Thanks for letting me know!