# What I like about Go at the beginning _no particular order_ - Small [spec](https://golang.org/ref/spec) - Engineered, not "grown" - Easy concurrency with [goroutines](https://gobyexample.com/goroutines) - Great set of explanations via [blog](http://blog.golang.org/), [tour](https://tour.golang.org/list), & [guide](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html) - One single format standard for everything (`go fmt` in my pre-commit) - [Cross-compilation](dave.cheney.net/2015/03/03/cross-compilation-just-got-a-whole-lot-better-in-go-1-5)