Go is only pass by value. Much in the same way JavaScript is (the best description for JS, IMO, is reference by value). Even if you pass a pointer, the pointer

Go is only pass by value. Much in the same way JavaScript is (the best description for JS, IMO, is reference by value). Even if you pass a pointer, the pointer is explicitly copied to a new location in memory, which is why assignment to the pointer can overwrite the pointer, but not affect the original pointer (the memory location value inside the pointer-typed variable) outside the function scope. Pass by reference is when assignment to a parameter name is transitive to the caller's scope, and can be seen in C#. [1] [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/ref https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-refe...