Pro Go: The Complete Guide to Programming Reliable and Efficient Software Using Golang

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14. Using Goroutines and Channels

Adam Freeman¹  

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London, UK

 

Go has excellent support for writing concurrent applications, using features that are simpler and more intuitive than any other language I have used. In this chapter, I describe the use of goroutines, which allow functions to be executed concurrently, and channels, through which goroutines can produce results asynchronously. Table 14-1 puts goroutines and channels in context.

Table 14-1

Putting Goroutines and Channels in Context

Question	Answer
What are they?	Goroutines are lightweight threads created and managed by the Go runtime. Channels ...