I have a love-hate relationship (more love and less hate :P) with any new programming language I pick up. This post describes my relationship with Go. Why I love it I was introduced to Go by Bjoern as a part of my student job and I have been smitten by it ever since. Here are a few reason’s why I love go, in no particular order : Fast Compilation Most popular languages are atleast a decade old and do not take advantage of the newer hardware.