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Re:What's inside Google's new Go app for iOS and Android by mratzloff on Monday July 13, 2015 @05:10PM (#9881119)
I agree.

> Unless a third-party fills this vacuum, Golang on mobile will remain a curiosity.

No, it will be used for shared libraries, as intended.

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Re:What's inside Google's new Go app for iOS and Android by NateLawson on Monday July 13, 2015 @06:58PM (#9881711)
Yes, that's a good point. Though I'm not sure what Go library would be worth the couple MB runtime overhead purely by itself. Ideas?
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Re:What's inside Google's new Go app for iOS and Android by scosman on Monday July 13, 2015 @08:06PM (#9882011)
About 1MB in my experience. Worth if if your app has a ton of custom logic.
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