GopherCon 2014 Opening Keynote by Rob Pike
What it is
Rob Pike opens GopherCon 2014 with a keynote on the design and evolution of Go. He covers where its ideas came from, including the origin of hello world.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a walkthrough of how Go's design evolved and where its ideas originated.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2014, last 2015
What HN commenters said
“does a great walkthrough of the evolution of the design of the language”
Evolution of Go's design and where ideas came from
erikstmartin, 2014-11 · Recommendation · in “Half a decade with Go”
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Topics: go, rob pike, language design, gophercon, keynote
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