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Golang is actually not as efficient as Java in quite a few benchmarks.

~~Using LLVM isn’t a magic solution to perform better than something relying on the JVM.~~

Huh? Go doesn't use LLVM though, where did you get the idea that it does? That's part of why its compile times are so fast.

You are right, it doesn’t use LLVM. No idea where I got the idea, I was confidently wrong.