go

Summary

Go is a statically typed, compiled programming language designed at Google by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. It features garbage collection, structural typing, memory safety and CSP-style concurrency.

Paradigms

imperative

Domains

server-side applications, cloud computing, systems programming, web development, distributed system

Key Features

first-class functions, closures, zero-cost abstractions, native FFI, channels, iterators/generators, modules

Typing

static system, structural typing, strong typing, full inference, compile-time checking, conservative type coercion, required type annotations

Compilation

compiled

Influenced By

C, Pascal, Oberon, Modula, Limbo, Occam, Smalltalk, Newsqueak, APL, Active Oberon, Modula-2, BCPL, Alef, Oberon-2

Influenced

Odin, Crystal, Carbon, Ballerina, Zig, V, Gnolang

Ratings

File extensions

go

External Links

• go official site
• @golang on X
• go jobs at Devjobsscanner
• r/golang subreddit
• Trending GitHub repositories