[BLACKBOX] Go

From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:38:36 -0800

----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-727223578_-_- Content-type: text/plain Folks, Google is releasing a new open source language called 'Go' http://golang.org/ I kind of like it after giving it a quick scan. Some things to mention (1) looks a little like C but isn't (2) has package syntactically similar to modules (3) declares the type of a variable after the variable. (3') return types from functions declared after the function args. (4) multiple items can be returned from a function. (5) exported items (from package) specified by upper case first letter. (6) methods specified very similarly to Oberon/CP (7) garbage collection (8) no pointer arithmatic ... Take a look and tell us what you think about the language. -Doug Danforth ---- To unsubscribe, send a message with body "SIGNOFF BLACKBOX" to LISTSERV{([at]})nowhere.xy ----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-727223578_-_- Content-type: application/rtf Content-transfer-encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rtf-body.rtf" e1xydGYxXGFuc2lcYW5zaWNwZzEyNTJcZnJvbWh0bWwxIFxkZWZmMHtcZm9udHRibA0Ke1xmMFxm c3dpc3MgQXJpYWw7fQ0Ke1xmMVxmbW9kZXJuIENvdXJpZXIgTmV3O30NCntcZjJcZm5pbFxmY2hh cnNldDIgU3ltYm9sO30NCntcZjNcZm1vZGVyblxmY2hhcnNldDAgQ291cmllciBOZXc7fX0NCntc Y29sb3J0YmxccmVkMFxncmVlbjBcYmx1ZTA7XHJlZDBcZ3JlZW4wXGJsdWUyNTU7fQ0KXHVjMVxw YXJkXHBsYWluXGRlZnRhYjM2MCBcZjBcZnMyNCANCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMjQzIDwhRE9DVFlQRSBo dG1sIFBVQkxJQyAiLS8vVzNDLy9EVEQgSFRNTCA0LjAxIFRyYW5zaXRpb25hbC8vRU4iPn0NCntc KlxodG1sdGFnMyBccGFyIH0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMTkgPGh0bWw+fQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0YWcyIFxw YXIgfQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0YWczNCA8aGVhZD59DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzEgXHBhciB9DQp7XCpcaHRt 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