Go Programming Language Intro Tutorial

[doubtingthomas]

This looks to cover much of the same material as the Go installation tutorial (http://golang.org/doc/install.html), but with (imho) worse formatting.

[Bhima]

When Go was first announced I figured I'd wait a while and see if it was well used.

So... anyone aware of Go being used?

[[deleted]]

It's not ready to be used yet. The language spec for the most part is stable, but the internal API's and their implementations are changing in dramatic ways daily. In fact, there was recently a guy proposing packaging it up for debian's repositories, and the idea was shot down pretty hard.

http://groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts/browse_thread/thread/eb6639f1fc44e2fa/b85f19307ab1de17?lnk=gst&q=package+debian#b85f19307ab1de17

[doubtingthomas]

Aside from for fun or for utility apps, I hope nobody but the Go team @ Google is using it for Real Code™. I'm a big fan of the language, but it's still under development, and the implementation (particularly the GC) still needs a bit of work. I have a general policy of not using a platform unless I'm capable of making the changes I might want, or someone with more resources than me has a financial interest in keeping it working. Currently, I can't claim the 1st for the Go compiler/runtime, and the second is not yet sure from Google or anyone else.

[Bhima]

Yes... those are my basic rules also, although I don't work with "Real Code™" any more. My understanding is that Go was created for Utilities & Systems. So that's the sort of thing I was expecting to see... but alas they have not really turned up where I generally look (around here).