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On “Half a decade with Go”
Rob Pike's keynote at GopherCon 2014 does a great walkthrough of the evolution of the design of the language, where ideas were borrowed from and why: link to this video
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GopherCon 2014 Opening Keynote by Rob Pike
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- Presented by Rob Pike, co-creator of Go
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Rob Pike discusses the design, history, and evolution of the Go programming language, including the origins of the hello world program.
Rob Pike opens the conference in the way that only Rob can. Help us caption & translate this video! amara.org/v/FG1t/Why it's here
1 person recommends thisWhat people say. Recommended as an essential talk on the design philosophy and historical roots of the Go programming language.
iendson Hacker News • Mentions
On “Ask HN: When was the first usage of “Hello, world”?”
In Rob Pike's opening keynote at GopherCon, Rob attributes the first hello world to Brian Kernighan written in B in 1972. Source: link to this video (minute 2 to 3 it's discussed)
tuckermion Hacker News • Mentions
On “Russ Cox Keynote – GopherCon 2015 liveblog”
Past keynotes have been posted on youtube1, so I suspect you will be able to watch it soon! 1 Rob Pike's opening keynote from last year is available here: link to this video