Difference Between Go and Python Programming Language

Last Updated : 06 Sep, 2024

Golang is a procedural programming language. It was developed in 2007 by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson at Google but launched in 2009 as an open-source programming language. Programs are assembled by using packages, for efficient management of dependencies. This language also supports environment adopting patterns alike to dynamic languages. Python is a widely-used general-purpose, high-level programming language. It was initially designed by Guido van Rossum in 1991 and developed by Python Software Foundation. It was mainly developed for emphasis on code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code. Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more efficiently.

Python Vs Golang

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Python	Golang
It is a high-level programming language based on object-oriented programming.	It is a procedural programming language based on concurrent programming.
Python support exceptions.	Go does not support exceptions. Instead of exception Go has error.
Python has class and objects.	Go does not support object-oriented programming. So, it does not have classes and objects.
It supports inheritance.	It does not support inheritance.
It does not support Goroutines and channel.	It supports Goroutines and channel.
It does not support interfaces.	It supports interfaces.
It is a dynamically typed language. So, it uses interpreter.	It is a statically typed language. So, it uses compiler.
It is less verbose than Go.	It is more verbose than Python.
It does not contain any in-built concurrency mechanism.	It fully supports concurrency.
It is good for data analysis and computing.	It is good for system programming.