I have nine armchairs from which I can be critical.
—Rick Moranis
Go was originally created by people who were not too fond of the C++ programming language. Go is a strongly typed and compiled language, which aims mostly at being both easy to learn and fast to execute. Go is also one of the few languages to have a fantastic logo!
The logo, shown in Figure 9-1, was designed by Renée French, and I understand that I can use it here, as she is credited.
Figure 9-1
Gopher, Renée French’s logo for the ...
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