# "A Comparison of Three Programming Languages for a Full-Fledged Next-Generation Sequencing Tool" selects...Go?

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> [@jballanc](#):
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> …seems doable. 🙂

The question is not whether this is doable (it trivially is, since it has been done in another language), but whether someone will do it.

IMO writing and optimizing ~10 kLOC is not something one does just to prove a point about Julia; so unless someone has an interest in the actual tool itself, it is very unlikely that it will be done.

But that said, I think we should learn to wrap our heads around the fact that Julia is becoming a mature language that already has a track record of being fast and convenient, so there is not a big pressure to prove this in every context if there are no other payoffs. Because of this, I find it kind of heartening that people are not stressing too much about the [shootout benchmarks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-programs-now-shown-on-benchmarks-game-website/17722), because I think it means that they are just busy using the Julia productively, or improving the language or the libraries.

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