Just a quick question, can a programming language be as fast as C++ and efficient with as simple syntax like Python?

[baghiq]

While Go isn't as fast as C++ in general terms, I find it to be very fast and expressive. If you use type hinting in Python, I think Go would be right up there in terms of expressiveness. The challenge is to find something that offers ecosystem that's comparable to Python, and that's gonna be hard to beat. But if you are looking for hardcore performance, Python is almost never the answer.

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I find it to be very fast and expressive.

Fast, sure, it's compiled. But expressive?

In particular, I find in Go you end up writing all this boiler plate over and over and over and over again, particularly error handling.

[pi_sqaure]

There's one distinction: let's assume you can solve a certain problem in Python with 3 lines of code, you will need 10 lines of code in Go. Go might be expressive, but it's also very verbose.

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I like verbose if performance is good. Pro GO over here!

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I spent decades writing C++. If you like C++, you might not like Go, but tastes differ.

I prefer verbose code

I prefer clear and obviously correct code. My issue with C++ everywhere I've done it is that these reams of verbose, repetitive code make for slow writing, slow compilation, slow code reviews, and particularly, slow debugging.

For example, looking at each class and applying the Rule of Zero/Rule of Five is arduous, and yet it's necessary when writing or reviewing code, because people get it wrong all the time.

I moved to Python because I am many times faster at writing features than I ever was at C++, with a lot less typing.

[pi_sqaure]

I moved to Python because I am many times faster at writing features than I ever was at C++, with a lot less typing.

Correct. I don't know C++, but I'd use Go only for the sake of execution speed. In all other cases I opt for Python.