What does Google's Go programming language have in common with the cloud? It's the language of choice of cloud projects like Docker, Force.com, and Cloud Foundry's (Go)Router. Go is five years old, but you may not have heard much about it. That could soon change.
Although languages like Java continue to be the most popular way we build software these days, new models are emerging. They are constructed for modern computing architectures -- specifically, for the use of private, public, and hybrid cloud computing delivery models.