Go: a simple programming environment 9 Nov 2012 Andrew Gerrand Google Inc. Video A video of this talk was recorded at Øredev in Malmö, Sweden in November 2012. Watch the talk on Vimeo 2 Background 3 Why a new language? Motivated by our needs at Google. We need: Efficiency Safety Concurrency Scalability Fast development cycle No surprises A cute mascot 4 Design "Consensus drove the design. Nothing