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Pass By Reference Or Value

03/19/2016 , 2m, 55s

Today we talk about whether Go is a pass-by-reference or pass-by-value language.

Methods Vs Functions

03/04/2016 , 2m, 41s

I wanted to talk briefly about methods vs functions as a way of laying the groundwork for future topics such as pointers and references. This episode answers the question, What is the difference between a method and a function?.

References

The Rune Data Type

03/01/2016 , 2m, 48s

Three minutes isn't nearly long enough to talk about the rune data type in Go, but I tried anyway.

Here are some good resources related to character encoding and memory allocation:

Things I didn't cover:

  • Why does byte alias an unsigned integer (uint8), but rune aliases a signed integer (int32)? Turns out if you ask that in the Go Google Group, they get a bit annoyed.

Edit

At about 2:10, I say, When it gets more complicated is when you need to represent multi-characters [sic]. I misspoke, and meant to say multibyte characters.

The Main Goroutine

02/26/2016 , 2m, 54s

Coming to terms with Go's concurrency model, investigating how the main function operates.

Hello World!

02/26/2016 , 41s

An introduction to Go Gab.