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Since we're talking Go, is "The Go Programming Language" still worth reading as an introduction to the language? I've seen some language changes be announced i

by znpy 6y ago

Since we're talking Go, is "The Go Programming Language" still worth reading as an introduction to the language? I've seen some language changes be announced in the past, can't asses on my own how breaking they are, does the book still reflect the language to a reasonable degree ?

benhoyt 6y ago
Yes, most definitely. It's an excellent book, and the language has changed almost zero (the libraries a little, but not enough to worry about). The only addition that might be nice would be "modules". Link for the lazy: https://www.gopl.io/ https://www.gopl.io/
- znpy 6y ago
  Thanks!
- ghthor 6y ago
  Is Context discussed in that book? It's a pretty big game changer when writing concurrent algorithms.
  - Cthulhu_ 6y ago
    It's an important concept to learn nowadays, but it's not a language change; it's more of a design pattern adopted across Go's API.