In Go they are incorrect at worst, not idiomatic at best. That's due to the nature of the language as channels are built-in primitives capable of fulfilling th

In Go they are incorrect at worst, not idiomatic at best. That's due to the nature of the language as channels are built-in primitives capable of fulfilling the roles of either, not a slight on the efficacy of the constructs themselves. http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#channels http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#channels