I’ve been using Claude Sonnet 5.5 for coding, mostly building Linux CLI tools and random software projects. I’m trying to decide whether I should use Python or Go for my projects. Go seems perfect for Linux CLIs because of standalone binaries, performance, and easy distribution. But I’ve been thinking about something. Anthropic probably uses a ton of Python in its automated coding training, RL environments, tests, and generated coding tasks. Python is also everywhere in AI research and development. So wouldn’t Sonnet naturally get much better at Python than languages like Go or Rust? I even considered building my projects in Python first, getting everything working, and then having Claude port them to Go. That way it already has the logic and a working reference instead of figuring everything out directly in a language it might be weaker at. I’ve looked at public coding benchmarks, but most only give an overall score. Older multilingual benchmarks aren’t particularly helpful when comparing them to Sonnet 5.5. Has anyone actually compared Sonnet 5.5 across Python, Go, and Rust on equivalent tasks? I’m especially interested in real-world coding with Claude Code, not just one-shot algorithm problems. Is the difference noticeable, or am I overthinking this? submitted by /u/Ok_Significance294
Originally posted by u/Ok_Significance294 on r/ClaudeCode