Introducing Go

Go is an open-source systems programming language initially developed as an internal Google project that went public back in 2009. The spiritual fathers of Go are Robert Griesemer, Ken Thomson, and Rob Pike.

Although the official name of the language is Go, it is sometimes (wrongly) referred to as Golang. The official reason for this is that go.org was not available for registration and golang.org was chosen instead. The practical reason for this is that when you are querying a search engine for Go-related information, the word Go is usually interpreted as a verb. Additionally, the official Twitter hashtag for Go is #golang.

Although Go is a general-purpose programming language, it is primarily used for writing system tools, command-line utilities, web services, and software that work over networks. Go can also be used for teaching programming and is a good candidate as your first programming language because of its lack of verbosity and clear...