>>How much do I need to know about pointers to use and learn Go? Do you understand how they work in C? Maybe try reading a little about that. For Go, I'd recom

>>How much do I need to know about pointers to use and learn Go? Do you understand how they work in C? Maybe try reading a little about that. For Go, I'd recommend starting here: http://tour.golang.org/#1 http://tour.golang.org/#1 (Don't miss the next arrow in the lower right-) After running through that you should have an idea of what you don't know- which makes asking questions people can provide useful answers to much easier. :) >>Is Go garbage collected in the C#/Ruby sense? I'm not sure what your sense of C#/Ruby GC is, but I'd go with yes.