Chapter 1. Introducing Go
In this chapter
- Solving modern computing challenges with Go
- Using the Go tools
Computers have evolved, but programming languages haven’t kept up the same pace of evolution. The cell phones we carry might have more CPU cores than the first computer we used. High-powered servers now have 64, 128, or even more cores, but we’re still programming using the techniques we were using for a single core.
The art of programming has evolved too. Most programs aren’t written by a single developer any more: they’re written by teams of people sitting in different time zones and working at different times of the day. Large projects are broken up into smaller pieces and assigned to programmers who then deliver their work back ...
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