Same algorithm is much faster in node.js than in Golang. Why?

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  • go

    The Go programming language

    this is pure speculation but it may be that the go compiler prioritizes compatibility over raw performance where the v8 compiler could, in theory, do feature detection on the fly to capitalize on advanced cpu features. in 1.18 we're getting compiler flags (https://github.com/golang/go/issues/45453) to enable modern cpu hotness.

  • uWebSockets.js

    μWebSockets for Node.js back-ends :metal:

    Calling out to much lower level code is also really simple in Node. (Go obviously has the bindings here too) but it’s how libraries like uWebSockets.js beat the pants off of any other Go websocket libraries.

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