Go does not need a Java-style GC
Modern languages such as Go, Julia and Rust don’t need complex garbage collectors like the ones use by Java C#. But why? To explain why, we need to get into how garbage collectors work and how different languages allocate memory in different ways. However, we will start by looking at why Java in particular needs such a complex garbage collector. Good info on how Go deals with memory versus how Java, mainly, handles memory. The most interesting start of a rabbit … ⌘ Read more

This is a good read on why Go is such an amazing piece of tech and a very nice modern programming language with a wide and growing range of problem domains. 👌

@eldersnake@yarn.andrewjvpowell.com Yes you should 👌 – See the thing everyone has to remember is that whilst Google™ poured a lot of money into Go’s development, and used it and still do for their own purposes to solve real problems (mostly that graduates could not get proficient at C++); Google did not invent Go nor did they really help shape it. The same guys behind UNIX and worked at Bell Labs did. Rob Pyke, Ken Thompson and co. These guys are really *really smart! 😅