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| title: First Class Functions in Go |
| date: 2011-06-30 |
| by: |
| - Andrew Gerrand |
| tags: |
| - codewalk |
| - function |
| - technical |
| summary: Announcing a new Go codewalk, exploring first class functions. |
| --- |
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| Programmers new to Go are often surprised by its support for function types, |
| functions as values, and closures. |
| The [First Class Functions in Go](/doc/codewalk/functions/) |
| code walk demonstrates these features with a simulation of the dice game |
| [Pig](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_(dice)). |
| It is a pretty program that uses the language to great effect, |
| and a fun read for Go beginners and veterans alike. |
| |
| More resources are available at [golang.org](/doc/docs.html). |
