> Why the heck is Go making me care about pointers at all if it is a GC’d language? Apparently, the author doesn't understand how pointers work in Golang. He s

> Why the heck is Go making me care about pointers at all if it is a GC’d language? Apparently, the author doesn't understand how pointers work in Golang. He should read this article: http://openmymind.net/Things-I-Wish-Someone-Had-Told-Me-About-Go/ http://openmymind.net/Things-I-Wish-Someone-Had-Told-Me-Abou... . In short, golang pointer is neither c pointer nor java reference.