overview Link to heading

go is a compiled lang Link to heading

although go is a compiled language, it still has a lot of good features of interpreted language, like Garbage Collections.

class of go - structs Link to heading

unlike structs in C which is a combination of variables, structs in go is a combination of variables and methods.

go, no inheritance, no generics, no constructor Link to heading

pkg, src, bin Link to heading

type var x int = 100 here int is the type. Link to heading

short declaration x:=100 it

1. first declares the type
2. assign 100 to it

pointers Link to heading

• & operator returns the address of a var/func
• * operator returns data at an address (dereferencing)
• new() returns a pointer to a var