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Discussion on: I don't get the point of Golang - That's why I need help

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I think there is no "point" for Go. Several languages are used for building complex backend applications. For me node.js is like a bridge to the other side. If someone is used to frameworks, JS and TS its a small hopp to node.js without struggling with new languages like Go, Rust, Kotlin, ...
Go's concurrency and the channels to communicate and synchronize them are similar to the event driven non-blocking model from node.js. Go concurrency might be on heavy cpu-intensive operations slightly better...
So my answer to Your question is : Nothing