GoLang — A titular introduction
Today I bring to the reader’s notice a certain programming language that has taken my fancy — GoLang
GoLang was developed by Google that was in the works since 2009 and had its first stable release in 2020. The entire programming world has taken notice, since Go ,short for GoLang, has mainly been developed as a lower level language with the objective to scale products. It is quite similar to C++, but does away with some of the unnecessary hassles. It reduces overall processing costs, and increases speed. It is, in a sense, built for concurrency, and can be applied to almost anything.
Web Development is a major benefactor. Python backends to webpages have made many websites slower than usual, especially with increasing traffic. There are just some processing costs that are adherent to Python. While some of the problems can also be solved by C++, Go is much more pleasant to write in.
A typical example of Go code starts with the following:
package main
import “package_names”
func main(**args){
something to do
}
To Remember:
- All function names start with a capital letter, and
- Indentation, though not compulsory, is a good habit. It makes code readable, both to you and others.
— Arkaprabha Majumdar
08.08.2020
