How does the go build command work ? | Dave Cheney

This post explains how the Go build process works using examples from Go’s standard library. The gc toolchain This article focuses on the gc toolchain. The gc toolchain takes its name for the Go compiler frontend, cmd/gc, and is mainly used to distinguish it from the gccgo toolchain. When people talk about the Go compilers, they are likely referring to the gc toolchain. This article won’t be focus

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“Using the -x option I’ve asked go build to print out every step as it executes them”