Heap-Allocation

Go's Value Philosophy: Part 1 - Why Everything Is a Value, Not an Object

In Python, everything is an object. In Java, everything is a class. In Go, everything is a value. These are fundamental design philosophies that shape how you write concurrent code, manage memory, and reason about performance.

Go's Value Philosophy: Part 2 - Escape Analysis and Performance

The Go compiler decides whether your values live on the stack or heap through escape analysis. Understanding this mechanism explains Go’s performance characteristics and helps you write faster code without sacrificing clarity.