<!--{
	"Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification",
	"Subtitle": "Language version go1.22 (April 25, 2024)",
	"Path": "/ref/spec"
}-->

<h2 id="Introduction">Introduction</h2>

<p>
This is the reference manual for the Go programming language.
The pre-Go1.18 version, without generics, can be found
<a href="/doc/go1.17_spec.html">here</a>.
For more information and other documents, see <a href="/">go.dev</a>.
</p>

<p>

	"Subtitle": "Version of Oct 15, 2021",
	"Path": "/ref/spec"
}-->

<h2 id="Introduction">Introduction</h2>

<p>
This is the reference manual for the Go programming language as it was for
language version 1.17, in October 2021, before the introduction of generics.
It is provided for historical interest.
The current reference manual can be found <a href="/doc/go_spec.html">here</a>.

That execution must be consistent with the <i>sequenced before</i> relation,
defined as the partial order requirements set out by the <a href="/ref/spec">Go language specification</a>
for Go's control flow constructs as well as the <a href="/ref/spec#Order_of_evaluation">order of evaluation for expressions</a>.
</p>

<p>
A Go <i>program execution</i> is modeled as a set of goroutine executions,

<pre>
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
  for i := range 10 {
    fmt.Println(10 - i)
  }
  fmt.Println("go1.22 has lift-off!")
}
</pre>
    See the spec for <a href="/ref/spec#For_range">details</a>.
  </li>
</ul>

<!-- range over func GOEXPERIMENT; https://go.dev/issue/61405, https://go.dev/issue/61897, CLs 510541,539277,540263,543319 -->
</p>
<p>

    """
            )
            val versions = versionsDates()
            versionToIncubating.toSortedMap().forEach { (version, incubatingDescriptions) ->
                writer.println("<a name=\"sec_$version\"></a>")
                writer.println(
                    "<h2>Incubating since $version (${versions[version]?.run { "released on $this" } ?: "unreleased"})</h2>"
                )