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<p>Good bedtime reading.</p>

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<h3 id="pkg"><a href="/pkg/">Package Documentation</a></h3>
<p>
The documentation for the Go standard library.
</p>

<h3 id="cmd"><a href="/ref/cmd">Command Documentation</a></h3>
<p>
The documentation for the Go tools.
</p>

<h3 id="spec"><a href="/ref/spec">Language Specification</a></h3>
<p>
The official Go Language specification. 
</p>

<h3 id="appengine"><a href="http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/go/">App Engine Go Runtime Documentation</a></h3>
<p>
The documentation for
<a href="http://code.google.com/appengine/">Google App Engine</a>'s Go runtime.
</p>

<h3 id="go_mem"><a href="/ref/mem">The Go Memory Model</a></h3>
<p>
A document that specifies the conditions under which reads of a variable in
one goroutine can be guaranteed to observe values produced by writes to the
same variable in a different goroutine.
</p>

<h3 id="debugging_with_gdb"><a href="/ref/gdb">Debugging Go Code with GDB</a></h3>
<p>
Using GDB to debug Go programs.
</p>

<h4 id="subrepos">Sub-repositories</h4>

<p>
These packages are part of the Go Project but outside the main Go tree.
They are developed under looser <a href="/doc/go1compat.html">compatibility
requirements</a> than the Go core.
Install them with "<code><a href="/cmd/go/#Download_and_install_packages_and_dependencies">go get</a></code>".
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse?repo=codereview"><code>code.google.com/p/go.codereview</code></a> [<a href="http://gopkgdoc.appspot.com/pkg/code.google.com/p/go.codereview">docs</a>]
<li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse?repo=crypto"><code>code.google.com/p/go.crypto</code></a> [<a href="http://gopkgdoc.appspot.com/pkg/code.google.com/p/go.crypto">docs</a>]
<li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse?repo=image"><code>code.google.com/p/go.image</code></a> [<a href="http://gopkgdoc.appspot.com/pkg/code.google.com/p/go.image">docs</a>]
<li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse?repo=net"><code>code.google.com/p/go.net</code></a> [<a href="http://gopkgdoc.appspot.com/pkg/code.google.com/p/go.net">docs</a>]
</ul>

<h4 id="articles">Articles</h4>

<ul>
<li><a href="/doc/articles/c_go_cgo.html">C? Go? Cgo!</a> - linking against C code with <a href="/cmd/cgo/">cgo</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/doc/articles/defer_panic_recover.html">Defer, Panic, and Recover</a></li>
<li><a href="/doc/articles/slices_usage_and_internals.html">Go Slices: usage and internals</a></li>
<li><a href="/doc/articles/godoc_documenting_go_code.html">Godoc: documenting Go code</a> - writing good documentation for <a href="/cmd/godoc/">godoc</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.golang.org/2011/06/profiling-go-programs.html">Profiling Go Programs</a></li>
</ul>

<p>
See the <a href="/doc/#articles">documentation page</a> for more articles.
</p>

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