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34 lines
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# Why Go?
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Consider this Python script
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~~~py
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print("Hello world")
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~~~
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You can compile it for Windows like this
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build_exe --bundle-files 0 --compress --optimize hello.py
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upx -9 hello.exe
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and it comes out to 4.16 MB. Now consider this Go script
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~~~go
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package main
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import "fmt"
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func main() {
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fmt.Println("Hello world")
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}
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~~~
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You can compile it like this
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go build -ldflags -s hello.go
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upx -9 hello.exe
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and it comes out to 375 KB. Something else to consider is that Python is built
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with Visual C++ 2010. That means that the program you create will not work on
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Windows 7 for example unless the user has installed Visual C++ 2010. Go is built
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with Visual C++ 6, this means that any programs created with Go will work on
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Windows 7 as is.
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