The World of Go
News, thoughts, and insights about Go, the no-magic, no-distraction, get-sh*t-done language for the cloud.
Old Go code usually compiles fine with the latest Go version. Why would you need to install older versions then? And how can you manage Go ...
Go beginners may have difficulties wrapping their head around the concept of pointers. This pointer FAQ explains why and how pointers are ...
Go 1.19 delivers small but very interesting updates to the language, the standard library, and the toolchain. Here are some of the ...
New language features, especially significant ones like generics, inevitably come with some caveats. Here are two.
Go 1.18 introduces a new method for mutexes: TryLock(). The doc warns that correct use cases are rare. Is deadlock prevention a correct use ...