Google Releases Version 1.5 of Its Go Programming Language, Finally Ditches C

An anonymous reader writes: Google has launched the sixth notable stable release of its Go programming language Go 1.5. VB reports: "This is not a major release, as denoted by the version number and the fact that the only language change is the lifting of a restriction in the map literal syntax to make them more consistent with slice literals. That said, Go 1.5 does include a significant rewrite: The compiler tool chain has been translated from C to Go. This means "the last vestiges of C code" have been finally removed from the Go code base. As for actual changes in Go 1.5, you'll want to read the full release notes. Highlights include improvements to garbage collection, the developer tools, the standard library, and new ports."

Comments

But how many women are using Go?

[Anonymous Coward]

The article completely omits any mention of women using the Go language. How many women are enrolled in Go classes across the US? Are there scholarships available yet so our daughters can do a doctoral thesis on Go? Google's misogyny is really shining through this time, it's pretty obvious they expect all women to become hairdressers and waitresses.

Re: But how many women are using Go?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, and Donald Trump is going to change that and Make America Great Again

Can we Kickstart a betting pool?

[Applehu Akbar]

On when Google will suddenly back out of this language project - or both of them, as the case may be - and just go with Swift?