The Go programming language, designed for scalability and concurrency, is ideal for modern multi-core processors due to its lightweight threads and safe communication via channels. With features like easy readability, effective package management, and a powerful standard library, Go optimizes development efficiency while ensuring performance. Its static typing, built-in testing support, and platform independence further enhance its appeal for building robust applications.

1. Go Programming
Language:
Explained Simply!

2. Why Golang?
• To make processors highly performant Hardware
manufacturers are adding more and more cores to the
processors.
• Since data centers are running on such processors the
number of cores will increase over the years.
• However, addition of cores has physical limitations and
software optimizations are required.
• Thus, languages should support concurrency easily and
they should be scalable with increased number of cores.
• Go was developed with the express purpose of scalability
and concurrency.

3. Following are some of the features of Golang,
which make it most suitable for modern
computing needs:

4. Multithreading
Go has lightweight threads that
execute asynchronously thus
handling multithreading in
Golang.
However, it is the channels that
allow safe communication
between the threads.
These channels make the order
of execution controllable in race
conditions thus making the code
run as fast as possible while also
ensuring that it executes safely.
The way in which Golang handles
multithreading brings in
concurrency allowing for faster
performance.

5. Language Design
• Go programming language is easy to understand and
readable.
• It minimizes dependencies of code. For instance, Golang
doesn't have Classes, Constructor, Inheritance, Generics
and Exception.
• As a result, dependency management is good due to its
object-oriented support.
• Data structures in Golang such as slice and struct provide a
convenient way of storing elements. This makes it easier
for developers to create neat code which is easy to create
and most importantly easy to maintain with short compile
time.

6. Package Management
• Golang Package Management allows
developers to utilize the functionality
of other files.
• This removes the requirement of
adding header files to every program.
• It also facilitates Remote Package
Management. Improved Package
Management provides improved
features of the application.

7. Powerful standard library
• Go’s powerful Standard library has been segmented into
packages. These packages provide a wide range of
functions.
• Some of these packages are Compression Packages, String
related packages, collection packages, graphics packages,
Mathematics packages and even miscellaneous packages.
• This kind of library support helps developers to quickly
compile functionality rich applications.

8. Static Typing
• It is an open source programming language which is
statically typed and explicit.
• However, though it is statically typed its syntax follows
patterns which are similar to those of Dynamic languages.
• As a result, Golang combines hardware efficiency with
software efficiency.
• Thus Go programs implement functionality with less
machine code while ensuring that written code executes as
quickly as possible.

9. Testing Support
• Go has inbuilt testing support. It allows programmers to test
parallelly with writing code.
• Further, package testing allows automated testing for Go packages.
This is used along with the “go test” command, which automates the
execution of any function of the form.
• Go language also features automated garbage collector. Such testing
and garbage collection help build error-free and bug-free applications
that perform optimally at the client end.

10. Platform Independent • Go supports platform
independence.
• Its code is compiled and
converted to binary form
right away such that it is
so small that it does not
require any dependency.
• Such source code can be
compiled on any
operating system,
platform, server or
application. This brings
about cost efficacy for
the client.