Go is a board game in Japan. Now, because of Google, it's also a programming language.
Typical of a lot of Google initiatives, Go is an experiment. That is, it's in beta, or realistically, alpha stage. The translation is, there are still lots of bugs. It is, however, Open Source.
Google says Go compiles quickly, compiles fast code, and is easy to use as well. Gogole's been working on Go for two years, according to reports, but only devoted a team to it full-time about a year ago.
According to Google, Go combines the development speed of a dynamic language like Python with the performance and safety of a compiled language like C or C++. Despite that, Google says the compiled code runs nearly as quickly as C.
Go is built for multi-processing, and object-oriented development. It aims to improve on the way existing programming languages manage dependencies.
For those fans of the old "eat your dog food" adage, the answer to the question of Google using Go for any of its own services or applications is a decided no. Go is still too early in its development.
However, releasing it as Open Source, Google hopes to get plenty of input and plenty of help from external developers. Effectively, Google is saying "Go for it."
Written by Michael Santo
Exclusively for HULIQ.com
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