Google Introduces New language "Go"

Google introduces a new programming language, known as Go, that is aimed at being fast, productive and fun for developers to use.

Go combines the development speed of working in a dynamic language like Python with the performance and safety of a compiled language like C or C++. Typical builds feel instantaneous; even large binaries compile in just a few seconds. And the compiled code runs close to the speed of C. Go lets you move fast.


Go is a great language for systems programming with support for multi-processing, a fresh and lightweight take on object-oriented design, plus some cool features like true closures and reflection.

Moreover, in a blog post by the Google Go team, they say "In our experiments with Go to date, typical builds feel instantaneous; even large binaries compile in just a few seconds. And the compiled code runs close to the speed of C. Go is designed to let you move fast.""In our experiments with Go to date, typical builds feel instantaneous; even large binaries compile in just a few seconds. And the compiled code runs close to the speed of C. Go is designed to let you move fast."

According to eweek.com they say

-Among the trends behind the origin of Go are:

-Computers are much quicker but software development is not faster.

-Dependency management is a big part of software development today, but the “header files” of languages in the C tradition are antithetical to clean dependency analysis—and fast compilation.

-There is a growing rebellion against cumbersome type systems like those of Java and C++, pushing people toward dynamically typed languages such as Python and JavaScript.

-Some fundamental concepts such as garbage collection and parallel computation are not well-supported by popular systems languages.

-The emergence of multicore computers has generated worry and confusion.

For more information on Google go

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Google goFaq's on Google GoBlog on Google Go