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Google I/O 2012 - Meet the Go Team

A fireside Q&A with the Go team (Pike, Thompson, Griesemer and others) at Google I/O 2012. They answer audience questions about Go's design, goals, garbage collection plans and future.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN people cite it for candid answers straight from Go's creators, including Ken Thompson on how the complexity of C++0x motivated Go.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Google for Developers
Topic
go language design
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
13
Recommendation years in dataset
2012–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • I'd particularly recommend "Meet the Go team". Some really interesting questions, and most importantly answers. In the video :) [VIDEO]

    vibrunazo on Hacker News · 2012-07
    In Go videos from Google I/O 2012

  • That was actually one of the questions asked during the "Meet the Go team" talk at Google I/O. They joke around for a bit, but they end up giving some solid arguments. [VIDEO] Edit: If you're curious/interested in Go, it's worth watching the whole talk.

    james4k on Hacker News · 2012-07
    In Effective Go

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