On: Go 1.5 Beta

[melling]

I'm referring to compilation speed. In Python and Ruby, for example, there is no compile stage. This makes them attractive for rapid iteration.

[vruiz → melling]

Meh, most people will never notice it, and if for someone is an issue, you can continue to develop using 1.4 locally until 1.6 comes in 6 months.

[peterfirefly → melling]

There is a compilation-to-bytecode stage + lots of file look ups during start up of the Python interpreter and during every module import.

[zurn → peterfirefly]

Python caches the bytecode in .pyc files, so the compilation happens only the first time you import a module. In a typical Python start-up only the main source file is byte-compiled.