Rob Pike: The Origins of Go's Concurrency

jasonofthel33t · Talk · 38 min · 2012 · YouTube title: Origins of Go Concurrency style by Rob Pike

Why it's here

HN recommends it as the clearest account of the CSP lineage behind Go's goroutines and channels.

What it covers

Rob Pike's 2010 talk at OSCON's Emerging Languages Camp on where Go's concurrency style comes from. It traces the idea from Hoare's CSP through Squeak, Newsqueak and Limbo to Go.