golang / go
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The Go programming language
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LanguageGo
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Created2014-08-19 (12y ago)
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- GitHub: github.com/golang/go
- Homepage: https://go.dev
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README excerpt
# The Go Programming Language Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software. *Gopher image by [Renee French][rf], licensed under [Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license][cc4-by].* Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go. There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go. Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file. ### Download and Install #### Binary Distributions Official binary distributions are available at https://go.dev/dl/. After downloading a binary release, visit https://go.dev/doc/install for installation instructions. #### Install From Source If a binary distribution is not available for your combination of operating system and architecture, visit https://go.dev/doc/install/source for source installation instructions. ### Contributing Go is the work of thousands of contributors. We appreciate your help! To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines at https://go.dev/doc/contribute. Note that the Go project uses the issue tracker for bug reports and proposals only. See https://go.dev/wiki/Questions for a list of places to ask questions about the Go language. [rf]: https://reneefrench.blogspot.com/ [cc4-by]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/