Google Go's mascot is a gopher, much like the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Hannah Foslien/Getty Images Google's Go was 2016's programming language of the year, says the TIOBE Index, a highly-regarded ...

The lower-level programming language has matured enough to sport the 1.0 version number. And it's being used for real work at Google. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...