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A Quick Introduction to Go
Despite its name, this chapter is more than just a quick introduction to Go, as it is also going to be the foundation for the rest of the book. The basics of Go, some design decisions, and the philosophy of Go are explained in this chapter so that you can get the big picture before learning the details of Go. Among other things, we present the advantages and disadvantages of Go so that you know when to use Go and when to consider other alternatives.
In the sections that follow, we cover a number of concepts and utilities in order to build a solid foundation of Go, before building a simplified version of the which(1) utility, which is a UNIX utility that locates program files by searching the directories of the
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