wiki/dev/lang/go/general.md

summary

• imperative language.
• statically typed.
• syntax similar to Java/C/C++, but less parentheses and no semicolons.
• compiles to native code (no JVM).
• no classes, but structs with methods.
• interfaces.
• no implementation inheritance. there's type embedding, though.
• functions are first class citizens.
• functions can return multiple values.
• has closures.
• pointers, but not pointer arithmetic.
• built-in concurrency primitives: Goroutines and Channels.

details

• uppercase names mean public access, lowercase mean private access.
• the package in src/encoding/base64 is imported as encoding/base64 but has name base64.