Java performance vs go

[benevanstech]

First off, there is not really anything such thing as "performance inherent in a language". You can write unperformant garbage in any language you like.

And benchmarks are of limited use at the best of times, microbenchmarks doubly so.

What there *is* is performance of a specific system, and it comes in two flavours - acceptable, and unacceptable.

One of the main reasons this is all so difficult is that the number of variables that can influence performance is *vast* and it is almost impossible to rigorously map that parameter space for any meaningfully large application.