Go

Summary

Go is a programming language^[1]. Go ranks in the top 0.27% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,924 views/month, #2 of 742).^[2]

Key Facts

• Go's instance of is recorded as programming language^[3].
• Go's instance of is recorded as structured programming language^[4].
• Go's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language^[5].
• Go's instance of is recorded as multi-paradigm programming language^[6].
• Go's instance of is recorded as concurrent programming language^[7].
• Go's instance of is recorded as imperative programming language^[8].
• Go's instance of is recorded as compiled language^[9].
• Go's instance of is recorded as object-based language^[10].
• Marmota monax is named after Go^[11].
• Go's developer is recorded as Google^[12].
• Go's developer is recorded as Rob Pike^[13].
• Go's developer is recorded as Q1107006^[14].
• Go's developer is recorded as The Go Authors^[15].
• Go's developer is recorded as Robert Griesemer^[16].
• Go's copyright license is recorded as BSD licenses^[17].
• Go's programmed in is recorded as Go^[18].
• Go's designed by is recorded as Rob Pike^[19].
• Go's designed by is recorded as Q1107006^[20].
• Go's designed by is recorded as Robert Griesemer^[21].
• Go's operating system is recorded as DragonFly BSD^[22].
• Go's operating system is recorded as FreeBSD^[23].
• Go's operating system is recorded as Linux^[24].
• Go's operating system is recorded as macOS^[25].
• Go's operating system is recorded as Q34225^[26].
• Go's operating system is recorded as OpenBSD^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language^[3], structured programming language^[4], procedural programming language^[5], multi-paradigm programming language^[6], concurrent programming language^[7], and imperative programming language^[8].

History and Context

Marmota monax is named after Go^[11].

Why It Matters

Go ranks in the top 0.27% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,924 views/month, #2 of 742).^[2] Go has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Go is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Go has been cited as an influence by Zig^[30], a programming language^[31], founded in 2015^[32]; Gleam^[33], a functional programming language^[34], founded in 2016^[35]; V^[36], a programming language^[37], founded in 2018^[38]; Carbon^[39], a programming language^[40], founded in 2020^[41]; Crystal^[42], a programming language^[43], founded in 2014^[44]; and Ballerina^[45], a programming language^[46], founded in 2017^[47].

FAQs

Who did Go influence?

Go has been cited as an influence by Zig^[30], Gleam^[33], V^[36], and Carbon^[39].