Overview

• Go in 1 minute .

• 12-minute summary .

• Focus on Concurrency.

  • Uses the keyword go .

• Go is Golang , same thing.

• Focus on performance, 'Cloud' and 'Server'.

• 1-hour usage tutorial .

Memory

• Has a Garbage Collector.

• Can store memory addresses, just like C, using & and *.

Safety

• Default:  controlled by the case  of the identifier:

  • Starting with uppercase letter: Public  (exported outside the package).

  • Starting with lowercase letter: Private  (accessible only within the same package).

  • This is widely disliked. I don’t like it and Prime hates it.

package main

type MyStruct struct { // Exported (public)
    PublicField int
    privateField int // Private to the package
}

Syntax

• Static typing.

• Has 'var' in function definitions; or you can use ':=' to define the type via value inference.

• Must pay more attention to declared types.

  • int8, int16, uint16, etc.

• Some low-level caveats exist, despite the syntax being relatively simple.

• Multiple variables can be defined on a single line, just like Python.

• Functions can have multiple return values.

something := 2

import 'fmt'
fmt.println('hi')

Impressions

• Default Access Control  controlled by the case  of the identifier:

  • Bro .

  • Starting with uppercase letter: Public  (exported outside the package).

  • Starting with lowercase letter: Private  (accessible only within the same package).

• Does not have null safety.

• Nothing stood out to me. Not impressive and has few use cases.

• Meh.