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The Go programming language and environment

Russ Cox, Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, Ian Lance Taylor, Ken Thompson

2022Communications of the ACM25 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Released as open source in November 2009, Go has become the foundation for critical infrastructure at every major cloud provider. Its creators look back on how Go got here and why it has stuck around.

Topics & Concepts

Cloud computingComputer scienceFoundation (evidence)Open sourceComputer securityProgramming languageWorld Wide WebOperating systemHistoryArchaeologySoftwareCloud Computing and Resource ManagementDistributed and Parallel Computing SystemsScientific Computing and Data Management