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+1  Q: 

What language is the Go programming language written in?

I think the title is self explanatory.

+20  A: 

Look at the source and C for yourself, if I may say.

zneak  2010-07-25 01:48:55
+1 or -1 for the groaner?
John Kugelman  2010-07-25 01:56:48
+3  A: 

It's written in C. The libraries are written in Go itself.

Charles  2010-07-25 01:49:37
I was really expecting it to be written in Go, after being compiled the first time.
Cawas  2010-08-19 18:20:15
+20  A: 

Programming languages aren't programs, hence they're not "written" in any language. They are often described by formal grammars (e.g. BNF).

Interpreters and compilers for programming languages are programs and so must be written in some kind of programming language.

Go has at least two compilers, gc and gccgo. The former is written in C, while the latter is a gcc frontend written mainly in C++. Go's libraries are written in Go.

Artelius  2010-07-25 01:58:19
Right on, except that the gcc frontend is mostly written in C++.
Evan Shaw  2010-07-25 15:45:24

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