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| latest_test_date = <!--{{start date and age|2016|08|08}}<ref name="preview_page">{{Cite web |url=https://golang.org/dl/ |title=Release History |website=The Go Programming Language |access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref>-->
| typing = [[type inference|Inferred]], [[static typing|static]], [[strong typing|strong]],<ref name="go-introduction">{{citeCite web |title=The Go Programming Language Specification |url=https://go.dev/ref/spec#Introduction |url-status=live title|archive-url=Thehttps://web.archive.org/web/20250813094237/https://go.dev/ref/spec#Introduction Go|archive-date=August Programming13, Language2025 Specification - the|work=The Go Programming Language }}</ref> [[structural typing|structural]],<ref name="structural_typing">{{Cite web |url=https://golang.org/doc/faq#implements_interface |title=Why doesn't Go have "implements" declarations? |websiteurl=Thehttps://go.dev/doc/faq#implements_interface Go|url-status=live Programming|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250728222723/https://go.dev/doc/faq#implements_interface Language|archive-date=July 28, 2025 |access-date=October 1, 2015 |website=The Go Programming Language }}</ref><ref name="pike-20141222">{{Cite webtweet |url=https://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/546973312543227904 |titlefirst=Rob Pike on Twitter |last=Pike |firstnumber=Rob546973312543227904 |dateuser=December 22, 2014rob_pike |access-date=March 13, 2016 |quotetitle=Go has structural typing, not duck typing. Full interface satisfaction is checked and required. |urlauthor-statuslink=deadRob Pike |date=December 22, 2014 |access-date=March 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407025913/https://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/546973312543227904 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |url-04-07status=dead }}</ref> [[nominal typing|nominal]]
| memory management = [[Garbage collection (computer science)|Garbage collection]]
| implementations = gc, gofrontend, [[Elements_Toolchain|gold]]
| influenced = [[Crystal (programming language)|Crystal]], [[V (programming language)|V]]
| operating_system = [[DragonFly BSD]], [[FreeBSD]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[NetBSD]], [[OpenBSD]],<ref name="openbsd">{{Cite web |url=http://ports.su/lang/go |title=lang/go: go-1.4 |date=December 23, 2014 |website=OpenBSD ports |access-date=January 19, 2015}}</ref> [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs|Plan 9]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://go-lang.cat-v.org/os-ports |title=Go Porting Efforts |date=January 12, 2010 |website=Go Language Resources |publisher=cat-v |access-date=January 18, 2010}}</ref> [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[Windows]]
| license = [[3-clause BSD]]<ref name="license">{{Cite web |title=Text file LICENSE |url=httphttps://golanggo.orgdev/LICENSE |titleurl-status=Text filelive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250716050530/https://go.dev/LICENSE |websitearchive-date=TheJuly Go16, Programming Language2025 |access-date=October 5, 2012 |website=The Go Programming Language }}</ref> + [[software patents|patent]] grant<ref name="gopatens">{{Cite web |title=Additional IP Rights Grant |url=httphttps://golanggo.orgdev/PATENTS |titleurl-status=Additionallive IP Rights Grant|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250330185005/https://go.dev/PATENTS |websitearchive-date=TheMarch Go30, Programming Language2025 |access-date=October 5, 2012 |website=The Go Programming Language }}</ref>
| file_ext = .go
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'''Go''' is a [[high-level programming language|high-level]] [[general purpose programming language]] that is [[static typing|statically typed]] and [[compiled language|compiled]]. It is known for the simplicity of its syntax and the efficiency of development that it enables by the inclusion of a large standard library supplying many needs for common projects.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Go Introduction |url=https://www.w3schools.com/go/go_introduction.php |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=www.w3schools.com |language=en-US}}</ref> It was designed at [[Google]]<ref name="techcrunch">{{Cite news |last=Kincaid |first=Jason |date=November 10, 2009 |title=Google's Go: A New Programming Language That's Python Meets C++ |language=en-US |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/11/10/google-go-language/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=January 18, 2010 |work=[[TechCrunch]] }}</ref> in 2007 by [[Robert Griesemer]], [[Rob Pike]], and [[Ken Thompson]], and publicly announced in November of 2009.<ref name="langfaq">{{Cite web |date=January 16, 2010 |title=Language Design FAQ |url=httphttps://golanggo.orgdev/doc/go_faqfaq |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.htmlarchive.org/web/20250728222723/https://go.dev/doc/faq |archive-date=July 28, 2025 |access-date=February 27, 2010 |website=The Go Programming Language |language=en-US}}</ref> It is [[syntax (programming languages)|syntactically]] similar to [[C (programming language)|C]], but also has [[memory safety]], [[garbage collection (computer science)|garbage collection]], [[structural type system|structural typing]],<ref name="structural_typing" /> and [[communicating sequential processes|CSP]]-style [[concurrency (computer science)|concurrency]].<ref name="boldly">{{Cite webnews |urllast=https://www.theregister.co.uk/Metz |first=Cade |date=May 5, 2011/05/05/google_go/ |title=Google Go boldly goes where no code has gone before |lasturl=Metzhttps://www.theregister.com/2011/05/05/google_go/ |firsturl-status=Cadelive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250728222723/https://go.dev/doc/faq |archive-date=MayJuly 528, 20112025 |websitework=[[The Register]] }}</ref> It is often referred to as '''Golang''' to avoid ambiguity and because of its former ___domain name, <code>golang.org</code>, but its proper name is Go.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://go.dev/doc/faq#go_or_golang |title=Is the language called Go or Golang? |access-date=March 16, 2022 |quote=The language is called Go.}}</ref>
There are two major implementations:
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