Is Golang faster?

Go is Fast Because Go is compiled to machine code, it will naturally outperform languages that are interpreted or have virtual runtimes. Go programs also compile extremely fast, and the resulting binary is very small. Our API compiles in seconds and produces an executable file that is 11.5 MB.

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Will Golang replace node?

Our decision was to replace GoLang with NodeJS . This addressed all our issues which really centered on speed and cost. NodeJS has a larger market of engineers available than GoLang. Experienced NodeJS engineers are much cheaper than GoLang engineers.

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Should I learn node or Go?

Go is a great language, but it is based on a different paradigm than javaScript (strongly typed, compiled, pointers). Node will be much easier for you to pick up and has a larger set of well used libraries that can help you do things that you’ll likely have to build on your own using Go.

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