# The Go Programming Language

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple,
reliable, and efficient software.

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*Gopher image by [Renee French][rf], licensed under [Creative Commons 4.0 Attributions license][cc4-by].*

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There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go.