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What are the chances of Google's Go becoming a mainstream language? [closed]

Who here is learning Go? Are other companies looking at using it? Is it likely to become widely used?
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GO instead of C/C++ with cgo

Is it possible to replace C and C++ with Go + cgo and interface frameworks such as Qt or DirectX with Go? Any potential pitfalls I should be aware of? UPDATE: I see that my question was not precise ...
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How to search for information related to Go programming language?

If there's something that would kill Go language, then it's name. I find it very hard to find anything in web related just by using "Go" in the query. The word is on of the most frequent in English. ...
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What kind of software is done best with The Go Programming language? [closed]

Go was introduced as a system programming language, but I've noticed many start-ups use it as a web development language. My confusion is: What kind of software is meant to be written in Go? Is Go ...