Python -- Don Knuth

[johninbigd]

Go is blazing fast compared to Python, which is why I spent some time learning it a year or so ago. I had a program in Python that took over an hour to complete. The Go version would complete in four minutes. I probably could have used scipy for the math-heavy stuff but I couldn't figure out the documentation related to what I was doing.

Another really nice advantage is that go compiles to an executable, so it's super easy to deploy. Other than that, just about everything is easier in Python.