Go

E17649

compiled programming language programming language statically typed programming language

Go is a statically typed, compiled programming language developed at Google, known for its simplicity, efficient concurrency support, and suitability for scalable networked and cloud services.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Go canonical	75
Go programming language	10
Go (via gccgo-llvm and others, experimental)	1
Go 1.22	1
Go SDK	1
Go concurrency model	1
Go modules	1
Go programming language runtime (early work)	1
Go programming language specification	1
Go toolchain	1
Golang	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T148081 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Go
Context triple: [Python, influenced, Go]

A. GOC
GOC is the standardised set of spelling and writing rules used for modern Scottish Gaelic.
B. GU
GU is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code assigned to Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean.
C. GAU
GAU is an abbreviation commonly used for the University of Göttingen, a major research university in Göttingen, Germany.
D. Java
Java is a large, densely populated island in Indonesia that has long served as the country’s political and economic center.
E. Java
Java is a widely used, object-oriented programming language known for its platform independence and extensive use in enterprise, web, and mobile application development.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Go
Target entity description: Go is a statically typed, compiled programming language developed at Google, known for its simplicity, efficient concurrency support, and suitability for scalable networked and cloud services.

A. GOC
GOC is the standardised set of spelling and writing rules used for modern Scottish Gaelic.
B. GU
GU is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code assigned to Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean.
C. GAU
GAU is an abbreviation commonly used for the University of Göttingen, a major research university in Göttingen, Germany.
D. Java
Java is a large, densely populated island in Indonesia that has long served as the country’s political and economic center.
E. Java
Java is a widely used, object-oriented programming language known for its platform independence and extensive use in enterprise, web, and mobile application development.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	compiled programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ statically typed programming language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Go ⓘ surface form: Golang
concurrencyModel	CSP (Communicating Sequential Processes) ⓘ
designedBy	Ken Thompson ⓘ Rob Pike ⓘ Robert Griesemer ⓘ
developer	Google ⓘ
executionModel	compiled to native code ⓘ
fileExtension	.go ⓘ
firstAppeared	2009 ⓘ
hasCommand	go build ⓘ go fmt ⓘ go run ⓘ go test ⓘ
hasFeature	channels ⓘ cross-compilation support ⓘ garbage collection ⓘ goroutines ⓘ interfaces ⓘ modules ⓘ packages ⓘ standard tooling ⓘ type inference for local variables ⓘ
influenced	Carbon ⓘ Crystal ⓘ Dart ⓘ Julia ⓘ Kotlin ⓘ Rust ⓘ
influencedBy	Aleph ⓘ surface form: Alef C ⓘ Limbo ⓘ Modula-2 ⓘ surface form: Modula Newsqueak ⓘ Oberon ⓘ Pascal ⓘ
license	BSD-style license ⓘ
memoryManagement	garbage collected ⓘ
notableUser	Cloudflare ⓘ Docker ⓘ Google ⓘ Kubernetes ⓘ
packageManager	go toolchain (go get, go mod) ⓘ
paradigm	concurrent programming ⓘ imperative programming ⓘ procedural programming ⓘ structured programming ⓘ
platform	cross-platform ⓘ
stableRelease	Go self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Go 1.22
standardImplementation	gc (Go compiler) ⓘ
standardLibrary	Go standard library ⓘ
supports	cloud-native development ⓘ concurrency ⓘ network programming ⓘ
typingDiscipline	static typing ⓘ strong typing ⓘ
usedFor	DevOps tooling ⓘ cloud infrastructure tools ⓘ distributed systems ⓘ web services ⓘ
website	https://go.dev/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (94)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Python → influenced → Go ⓘ

GNU Compiler Collection → supportsLanguage → Go ⓘ

C++ → influenced → Go ⓘ

Go → alsoKnownAs → Go ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golang

Go → stableRelease → Go self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Go 1.22

TensorFlow → supportsLanguage → Go ⓘ

Ken Thompson → coCreatorOf → Go ⓘ

this entity surface form: Go programming language runtime (early work)

Azure → supportsLanguage → Go ⓘ

subject surface form: Microsoft Azure

GitHub Copilot → programmingLanguageSupport → Go ⓘ

Kubernetes → programmingLanguage → Go ⓘ

Visual Studio Code → supportsLanguage → Go ⓘ

LXD → programmingLanguage → Go ⓘ

Evolver → follows → Go ⓘ

Evolver → precededBy → Go ⓘ

Evolver → hasPart → Go ⓘ

Docker → programmingLanguage → Go ⓘ

GNU toolchain → supportsLanguage → Go ⓘ

LLVM → supportsLanguageFrontend → Go ⓘ

this entity surface form: Go (via gccgo-llvm and others, experimental)

GDB → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Go ⓘ

Spacemacs → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Go ⓘ

Eclipse IDE → supportsLanguage → Go ⓘ

Google Cloud Pub/Sub → supportsLanguage → Go ⓘ

Vertex AI → supportsLanguage → Go ⓘ

uWSGI → supportsLanguage → Go ⓘ

Rob Pike → knownFor → Go ⓘ