Python has long been the go-to language for scripting and automation, as well as for building web services and creating easy-to-use interfaces between complex systems.

Google-created Go isn't in the top-10 list of the most widely known programming languages, but it does come top for languages that developers are keenest to learn.

Go's performance compared to Python made it the winning programming language for a rewrite of the Khan Academy's backend server.

Python may be getting a performance boost from a competitor: the Google Go language. Grumpy, an experimental project from Google, transpiles Python code into Go, allowing Python programs to be ...