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Go
A statically typed programming language designed for fast compiling and efficient garbage-collection. It is multithreaded, with strict typing, high-level. There is support for the definitions of functions and procedures, as well as the relationships between them.
| First released | 2009 |
| Developed by | Robert Grismer, Rob Pike, Ken Thompson |
| Latest stable version | Go 1 |
| Open-source | Yes |
| Used by | Facebook, Google, Amazon |
Interesting facts
The name of the language chosen by Google almost coincides with the name of the programming language Go!, created by F. Gee. McCabe and KL Clark in 2003. The discussion of the name is conducted on the page devoted to Go.
