Software update: Go 1.13

Go, also referred to as golang, is a programming language developed by Google and the open source community since 2007. Among other things, the language is cloudflare, google, Netflix and Uber used. Go code can be compiled for Android, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and Windows on i386, amd64, and ARM processor architectures. The syntax of Go is similar to that of C and similar programming languages, although there are also some notable differences. Go also offers the option of distributed programming, where several processes are executed simultaneously. The team has released Go version 1.13 with the following announcement:

Go 1.13 has been released

Today the Go team is very happy to announce the release of Go 1.13. You can get it from the download page.

Some of the highlights include:

• The go command now downloads and authenticates modules using the Go module mirror and Go checksum database by default
• Improvements to number literals
• Error wrapping
• TLS 1.3 on by default
• Improved module support

For the complete list of changes and more information about the improvements above, see the Go 1.13 release notes.

We want to thank everyone who contributed to this release by writing code, filing bugs, providing feedback, and/or testing the beta and release candidates. Your contributions and diligence helped to ensure that Go 1.13 is as stable as possible. That said, if you notice any problems, please file an issue.

We hope you enjoy the new release!