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The author says that he doesn't particularly care about speed if development is nicer, but it's good to know anyways:

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=al...

The Go x64 compiler (6g) has gotten more attention than the x86 one (8g), and I think given that this days most systems are x64, this benchmarks page is more representative:

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64/benchmark.php?test=all...

Why do you think measurements made with the programs forced onto just one core are more representative?

These are the x64 quad-core measurements -

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/compare.php?lang=go

> given that this days most systems are x64

Given x86 and x64 and single-core and quad-core are all out there - the benchmarks game shows measurements for each of them.

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