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0 pointsazhenley7y ago0 comments

Wow, I wouldn't have expected that. Do you have a reference for the 30%? I'd like to see what is going on to cause that big of a difference.

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SEJeff7y ago

Every other 5 lines being the equiv of:

    if err != nil {
        ... error handling ...
    }

Python just uses exceptions, and they bubble up. No need for this excessively verbose error checking.

SEJeff7y ago

I'm not sure why it is downvoted. This is true. I write both Golang and Python as part of my day job. I love both languages, but this is definitely the truth.

Go is more verbose. It also gives you the wonder of the compiler telling you about doing stupid things. That doesn't make it a worse language.

samfisher837y ago

Does go not have exception handling?

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SEJeff7y ago

Every other 5 lines being the equiv of:

    if err != nil {
        ... error handling ...
    }

Python just uses exceptions, and they bubble up. No need for this excessively verbose error checking.

SEJeff7y ago

I'm not sure why it is downvoted. This is true. I write both Golang and Python as part of my day job. I love both languages, but this is definitely the truth.

Go is more verbose. It also gives you the wonder of the compiler telling you about doing stupid things. That doesn't make it a worse language.

samfisher837y ago

Does go not have exception handling?

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j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse