Go Systems Programming

With countless new languages hitting the scene, it is refreshing to find one that clearly states its domain (systems programming) and a realistic set of goals. Leave it to Google to roundup some smart and experienced people, to create this new language, they dubbed Go (mainly because “Ogle” would be a good name for a Go debugger).

“Go was born out of frustration with existing languages […] One had to choose either efficient compilation, efficient execution, or ease of programming; all three were not available in the same mainstream language. Programmers who could were choosing ease over safety and efficiency by moving to dynamically typed languages such as Python […] Go is an attempt to combine the ease of programming […] and safety […] with support for networked and multicore computing […] it is intended to be fast” [Language Design FAQ]

Obligatory “Hello World” example:

package main
import fmt "fmt"
func main() { fmt.Printf("Hello 世界!\n"); }


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