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0 pointsXeoncross2y ago0 comments

Sure, Zig, Nim, D, Erlang, etc.. could also do this, but Go and Rust are both big enough and just about as fast and low memory as anything that is available.

Java can be faster than Go, but not by much and I've always seen it to use 5-10x the memory.

Scripting languages like Typescript, Python, PHP and Ruby can't hold a candle to the speed of Rust and Go while also using significantly more memory. They also don't natively support multiple cores / threads.

Rust and Go represent the most approachable middle ground on all accounts of familiarity, performance (allocs and calculation speed), and large communities with libraries covering whatever you could want.

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saagarjha2y ago

XeoncrossOP2y ago

I mean, nothing beats C (yet), but that isn't actually what most devs are writing web services in. Rust overs better guarantees, but even that is too complex for the masses so Go is probably the next largest community that still offers great performance.

Java, PHP, Python & Node.js have massive market share, yet none of them are as ideal for the job.

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