github.com/graybobo/golang.org-package-offline-cache@v0.0.0-20200626051047-6608995c132f/x/blog/content/6years.article (about) 1 Six years of Go 2 10 Nov 2015 3 4 Andrew Gerrand 5 adg@golang.org 6 7 * Six years of Go 8 9 Six years ago today the Go language was released as an open source project. 10 Since then, more than 780 contributors have made over 30,000 commits to the 11 project's 22 repositories. The ecosystem continues to grow, with GitHub 12 reporting more than 90,000 Go repositories. And, offline, we see new Go events 13 and user groups pop up [[https://blog.golang.org/gophercon2015][around]] 14 [[http://blog.golang.org/gouk15][the]] 15 [[http://blog.golang.org/gopherchina][world]] with regularity. 16 17 .image 6years-gopher.png 18 19 In August we [[https://blog.golang.org/go1.5][released Go 1.5]], the most 20 significant release since Go 1. It features a completely 21 [[https://golang.org/doc/go1.5#gc][redesigned garbage collector]] that makes 22 the language more suitable for latency-sensitive applications; it marks the 23 transition from a C-based compiler tool chain to one 24 [[https://golang.org/doc/go1.5#c][written entirely in Go]]; and it includes 25 ports to [[https://golang.org/doc/go1.5#ports][new architectures]], with better 26 support for ARM processors (the chips that power most smartphones). 27 These improvements make Go better suited to a broader range of tasks, a trend 28 that we hope will continue over the coming years. 29 30 Improvements to tools continue to boost developer productivity. 31 We introduced the [[https://golang.org/cmd/trace/][execution tracer]] and the 32 "[[https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Show_documentation_for_package_or_symbol][go doc]]" 33 command, as well as more enhancements to our various 34 [[https://talks.golang.org/2014/static-analysis.slide][static analysis tools]]. 35 We are also working on an 36 [[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/Golang-nuts/8oCSjAiKXUQ][official Go plugin for Sublime Text]], 37 with better support for other editors in the pipeline. 38 39 Early next year we will release more improvements in Go 1.6, including 40 HTTP/2 support for [[https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/][net/http]] servers and 41 clients, an official package vendoring mechanism, support for blocks in text 42 and HTML templates, a memory sanitizer that checks both Go and C/C++ code, and 43 the usual assortment of other improvements and fixes. 44 45 This is the sixth time we have had the pleasure of writing a birthday blog post 46 for Go, and we would not be doing so if not for the wonderful and passionate 47 people in our community. The Go team would like to thank everyone who has 48 contributed code, written an open source library, authored a blog post, helped 49 a new gopher, or just given Go a try. Without you, Go would not be as complete, 50 useful, or successful as it is today. Thank you, and celebrate!