Here's an explanation from Russ Cox (in the form of an SO answer) into how Go and Java differ in terms of object allocations and control of memory layout. http:

Here's an explanation from Russ Cox (in the form of an SO answer) into how Go and Java differ in terms of object allocations and control of memory layout. http://stackoverflow.com/a/22214673/1567738 http://stackoverflow.com/a/22214673/1567738 I'm sure there's more info in the golang-dev group (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/golang-dev https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/golang-dev) related to the GC specifics, but it's a moving target and may change substantially in the next few versions.