Go's GC is not currently generational. As others have mentioned, Go gives you more control over memory which helps considerably. If you want to know more about

Go's GC is not currently generational. As others have mentioned, Go gives you more control over memory which helps considerably. If you want to know more about the current progress, there is a great presentation -> blog here: https://blog.golang.org/ismmkeynote https://blog.golang.org/ismmkeynote And you can see the most recent generational GC code here: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/137482 https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/137482 Though my guess is it won't get merged into mainline for Go1.13 as it is already in code freeze.