One of the nicest things about Go is the language itself, comparing Go to other popular languages in terms of the complexity to learn to be proficient in:
- Go:
25
keywords (Stack Overflow); CSP-style concurrency (goroutines & channels) - Python 2:
30
keywords (TutorialsPoint); GIL-bound threads & multiprocessing (Wikipedia) - Python 3:
35
keywords (Initial Commit); GIL-bound threads,asyncio
& multiprocessing (Wikipedia, DEV Community) - Java:
50
keywords (Stack Overflow); threads +java.util.concurrent
(Wikipedia) - C++:
82
keywords (Stack Overflow);std::thread
, atomics & futures (en.cppreference.com) - JavaScript:
38
keywords (Stack Overflow); single-threaded event loop &async/await
, Web Workers (Wikipedia) - Ruby:
42
keywords (Stack Overflow); GIL-bound threads (MRI), fibers & processes (Wikipedia)