Can Go really be that much faster than Python?

Question

I think I may have implemented this incorrectly because the results do not make sense. I have a Go program that counts to 1000000000:

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Answer 1

Problem is Python is interpreted, GO isn't so there's no real way to bench test speeds. Interpreted languages usually (not always have a vm component) that's where the problem lies, any test you run is being run in interpreted bounds not actual runtime bounds. Go is slightly slower than C in terms of speed and that is mostly due to it using garbage collection instead of manual memory management. That said GO compared to Python is fast because its a compiled language, the only thing lacking in GO is bug testing I stand corrected if I'm wrong.