Miek Gieben

Miek Gieben's [1] DNS library [2] is truly excellent. I use it at Port 6379 for an authoritative DNS server, looking up Redis instances [3]. I too have found Go surprisingly productive and enjoyable to code, and our servers seem very stable so far. [1] http://www.miek.nl/ [2] https://github.com/miekg/dns [3] https://port6379.com/blog/2012/09/03/using-dns-to-find-instances

This kind of comment kinda misses the point. Haskell (IMHO) won't ever be mainstream for much the same reasons Lisp never was (or will be?): it has an incredibly high learning curve (eg [1]). This is really the problem of the "pure" functional languages. Functional programming is suited to some tasks. With others the fit is almost tortuous. Imperative programming is well-suited to how we think and how we break down tasks. If you look at the popular languages they're pretty much all multi-paradigm (eg Ruby, Python, Go, C#, arguably even C++/Java) meaning they give you the low-hanging fruit of functional programming while still being in a relative sweet spot of being easy to learn yet reasonably expressive. Why I think Go has a very bright future ahead of it is that it is the first of these multi-paradigm language to combine all these features: - easy to learn (seriously, go look at how short [2] is; you can knock that out in an afternoon); - it is minimal. I LOVE Go's minimal OO model for example; and - it is statically typed. If you look at the other statically typed multi-paradigm languages you have C#, which is generally well-regarded... except (Mono notwithstanding) it is very Windows-centric. Java is, well, Java. C++ is incredibly complicated. The only thing Go is missing is a mode for (semi-)manual memory management. I'm thinking something like Obj-C's ARC (in iOS 5+) and it could well supplant C/C++ for the vast majority of their (already shriking) use…

This is another good resource http://www.miek.nl/downloads/Go/Learning-Go-latest.pdf

I've been experimenting with it these weeks. The "Learning Go" is an interesting book: http://www.miek.nl/projects/learninggo/ Also the number of projects is increasing: http://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/Projects#Linguistics I'm looking for cool Go projects out there, so share your github stuff!

Read this: http://miek.nl/downloads/2010/c++-talk.pdf?we-require-more-discussions Then read the article again. C++ terrifies me.

See also another nice book, which can be downloaded as PDF: http://www.miek.nl/projects/learninggo/index.html

The latest version should be at the bottom of this list: http://www.miek.nl/files/go/

Prebuilt pdfs also available here - http://www.miek.nl/files/go/

If you're like me, and liked the style used in the book, I tracked down the blog post where he introduces it. http://www.miek.nl/s/d7c7a15ac3/

Start from the left column (Learning Go): http://golang.org/doc/docs.html and continue to the bottom. Watch "Practical Go Programming": http://osdc.blip.tv/file/4432146/ Watch "Writing Go Packages": http://www.youtube.com/gocoding#p/u/0/jDWBJOXs_iI Read language specification. Edit: If you prefer books, here's a CC-licensed, still in development, book by Miek Gieben "Learning Go": http://www.miek.nl/files/go/ (grab the latest PDF; alternatively, here's Git repo: http://miek.nl/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gobook.git;a=summary)

> No books. Nothing. No books? Go in Action; Evan Shaw; Manning; http://www.manning.com/shaw/ An Introduction to Programming in Go; Caleb Doxsey; http://www.golang-book.com Network Programming with Go; Jan Newmarch; Free e-book; http://jan.newmarch.name/golang/ Programming in Go: Creating Applications for the 21st Century; Mark Summerfield; Addison-Wesley Professional; http://qtrac.eu/gobook.html The Way To Go: A Thorough Introduction To The Go Programming Language; Ivo Balbaert; iUniverse The Go Programming Language Phrasebook; David Chisnall; Addison-Wesley Professional The Go Programming Language (upcoming); Brian Ketelsen; The Pragmatic Bookshelf; http://pragprog.com/book/bkgo/the-go-programming-language Learning Go; Miek Gieben; Free e-book; http://www.miek.nl/projects/learninggo/index.html Systemprogrammierung in Google Go: Grundlagen, Skalierbarkeit, Performanz, Sicherheit; Frank Müller; Dpunkt Verlag; http://dpunkt.de/buecher/3449.html Programmierung in Google Go: Einstieg, Beispiele und professionelle Anwendung; Rainer Feike, Steffen Blass; Addison-Wesley