The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

The State of Go in 2015 (Interview)

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Andrew Gerrand joined the show to talk about the state of Go in 2015, how Go compares to other concurrent languages, why people choose Go over other languages, the C to Go toolchain conversion, and what’s coming in version 1.5 and 1.6 of Go.

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    Show Notes:

    Andrew works on the Go Programming Language at Google.

    “The reasons why I choose Go (and I think why other people choose go) are a lot to do with programmer joy… the overriding sentiment amongst Go users is that Go just gets out of your way and lets you write code.” - Andrew Gerrand @ 18:32

    • Andrew’s slides for The State of Go in 2015
    • Andrew Gerrand (@enneff) | Twitter
    • Andrew Gerrand on Github
    • The Changelog #100: Go programming with Rob Pike and Andrew Gerrand
    • The Changelog #3: Google’s Go Programming Language
    • golang/go on GitHub
    • Facebook, Mercurial or Git? - The Changelog
    • FOSDEM Conf
    • OSCON
    • Go + HTTP/2
    • Cool Math Games
    • Gerrit
    • Go Kit
    • Go and the Modern Enterprise - Peter Bourgon - London Go Gathering 2015
    • Beats, Rye & Types Podcast
    • Go Programming Playlist - Youtube
    • KievII - GUI Javascript library for web audio applications developers

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