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Next Generation Systems Programming with Golang

George Ornbo

800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA

Sams Teach Yourself Go in 24 Hours

Next Generation Systems Programming with Golang

Copyright 2018 by Pearson Education, Inc.

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ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33803-8

ISBN-10: 0-672-33803-3

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017955706

First Printing December 2017

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George Ornbo is a software engineer, blogger, and author with 14 years of experience delivering software to startups and enterprise clients. He has experience with a broad range of programming languages, UNIX, and the underlying protocols of the web. He is currently working at a Blockchain startup in London.

For Bea and Fin. I won a Golden Ticket with you two!

Thanks to Laura Lewin and the team at Pearson for giving me the chance to write a second book in the Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours Series. Thanks also to Sheri Replin for your amazing work!

Thanks to Bala Natarajan and Yoshiki Shibata for being the technical reviewers of this book. You suggested many excellent improvements throughout the reviews. Any mistakes left in the book are, of course, my own.