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What is a .go file?

Source code written in Go (Golang), a language designed at Google for simplicity, concurrency, and fast compilation.

Safe format
Type Code
By Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, Ken Thompson / Google
MIME text/x-go

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What is it

Source code written in Go (Golang), a language designed at Google for simplicity, concurrency, and fast compilation. Go is widely used for cloud infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes), web services, and CLI tools.

Technical details
Full Name
Go Source Code
MIME Type
text/x-go
Developer
Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, Ken Thompson / Google
Magic Bytes
N/A
Safety
.go is a known, safe format.
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