Google hopes to remake programming with Go  A Unix co-creator is
among those behind a language Google hopes will speed computers
and programming. Today, Go becomes open-source software.  Google
software luminaries such as Unix co-creator Ken Thompson believe
that they can help boost both computing power and programmers'
abilities with an experimental programming language project
called Go.  And on Tuesday, they're taking the veil of secrecy
off Go, releasing what they've built so far and inviting others
to join the newly open-source project.  The computing industry
is in constant tension between making a fresh start and evolving
the current technology. The limits of today's hardware designs
and programming technology led the Go team to take the former
approach.  Gordon, the Go gopher mascot. Gordon, the Go gopher
mascot, drawn by Rob Pike's wife and illustrator Renee French.
Google  "We found some of those problems to be frustrating and
decided that the only way to address them was linguistically,"
said Rob P