You can do go programming on the Raspberry Pi

I wanted a non-scripted serious programming language for the Raspberry Pi. Choices are C/C++/Go and Rust. I decided to go with Go. Here are my notes.

• This article outlines the steps to install Go compiler on the Pi.
• Go version 1.14.x works fine on the oldest of Raspberry Pis in my possession.
• The Bootstrap method of installing it by using Go 1.4 to bootstrap latest Go works but it will take a long time on the small Pi.
• Pis have ARMv6 and ARMv7 processors. You need to pick the right binary
• There is more simpler method of running the official binary. This has an advantage of just download and install.

Here are my processor and Installation details

    pi@piguard:~/gotest $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
    processor       : 0
    model name      : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l)
    BogoMIPS        : 697.95
    Features        : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java tls
    CPU implementer : 0x41
    CPU architecture: 7
    CPU variant     : 0x0
    CPU part        : 0xb76
    CPU revision    : 7
    Hardware        : BCM2835
    Revision        : 0010
    Serial          : 000000002c6032da
    Model           : Raspberry Pi Model B Plus Rev 1.2

    pi@piguard:~/gotest $ go version
    go version go1.14.4 linux/arm