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Re:Go 1.8 Release Candidate 1 is released by omginternets on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @08:12PM (#13370923)
>Note that many common MIPS-based routers lack an FPU and have firmware that doesn't enable kernel FPU emulation; Go won't run on such machines.

I'm considering using Go for a small service that would live on my OpenWRT router.

What does this mean for me?

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Re:Go 1.8 Release Candidate 1 is released by codehusker on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @08:23PM (#13370980)
Nothing. OpenWRT enables Linux's FPU emulation.

Depending on your hardware, you may run into issues with the size of Go binaries.

Off topic: If you use OpenWRT, check out the LEDE Project. It's a fork and development appears more active, but no stable releases yet.

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Re:Go 1.8 Release Candidate 1 is released by omginternets on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @09:02PM (#13371161)
Great, thanks! Also, could you enlighten me as to the meaning behind the FPU acronym?

Edit: found it -- disregard my last. Floating Point Unit.

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