January 14, 2020

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Why Go?

Why Go?

Why consider Go (golang) programming language. Why did I move from Python to Go, and why you might want to. Problems I experienced with Python Features of Go: typ …
Talk Title Why Go?
Speakers James Boswell
Conference NANOG69
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Location Washington, D.C.
Date Feb 6 2017 - Feb 8 2017
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Slides Talk Slides
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Why consider Go (golang) programming language. Why did I move from Python to Go, and why you might want to. Problems I experienced with Python Features of Go: type safety, concurrency, cross compilation, etc. Things you can do with Go. Who’s using Go.

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