I'm glad to see this released because it is great technology that showcases Go's strengths. Here's why they chose Go, in their own words: "Go is miles ahead of

I'm glad to see this released because it is great technology that showcases Go's strengths. Here's why they chose Go, in their own words: "Go is miles ahead of C++ and Java in terms of expressibility and close in terms of performance. It is also relatively simple and has a straightforward interaction with Linux system calls." It has always frustrating to say "We use Go at Google, I just can't say how." So I'm happy that now I can say that YouTube use Go in their core infrastructure, serving more than a billion requests per day with this service alone.