Go

programming language developed by Google and the open-source community
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Go

Summary

Go is a programming language[1]. Go has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Go's instance of is recorded as programming language[3].
  • Go's instance of is recorded as structured programming language[4].
  • Go's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language[5].
  • Go's instance of is recorded as multi-paradigm programming language[6].
  • Go's instance of is recorded as concurrent programming language[7].
  • Go's instance of is recorded as imperative programming language[8].
  • Go's instance of is recorded as compiled language[9].
  • Go's instance of is recorded as object-based language[10].
  • Marmota monax is named after Go[11].
  • Go's developer is recorded as Google[12].
  • Go's developer is recorded as Rob Pike[13].
  • Go's developer is recorded as Q1107006[14].
  • Go's developer is recorded as The Go Authors[15].
  • Go's developer is recorded as Robert Griesemer[16].
  • Go's copyright license is recorded as BSD licenses[17].
  • Go's programmed in is recorded as Go[18].
  • Go's designed by is recorded as Rob Pike[19].
  • Go's designed by is recorded as Q1107006[20].
  • Go's designed by is recorded as Robert Griesemer[21].
  • Go's operating system is recorded as DragonFly BSD[22].
  • Go's operating system is recorded as FreeBSD[23].
  • Go's operating system is recorded as Linux[24].
  • Go's operating system is recorded as macOS[25].
  • Go's operating system is recorded as Q34225[26].
  • Go's operating system is recorded as OpenBSD[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[3], structured programming language[4], procedural programming language[5], multi-paradigm programming language[6], concurrent programming language[7], and imperative programming language[8].

History and Context

Marmota monax is named after Go[11].

Why It Matters

Go has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Go is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Go has been cited as an influence by Gleam[29], a functional programming language[30], founded in 2016[31]; Carbon[32], a programming language[33], founded in 2020[34]; Odin[35], a programming language[36], founded in 2016[37]; Crystal[38], a programming language[39], founded in 2014[40]; V[41], a programming language[42], founded in 2018[43]; and Gnolang[44], a programming language[45].

FAQs

Who did Go influence?

Go has been cited as an influence by Gleam[29], Carbon[32], Odin[35], and Crystal[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [44] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  3. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 9w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category Go (programming language)
    Software version identifier 1.12.7, 1.13.0, 1.14.0 +134
    Nl cr aut id ph1272920
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