---
title: "#169: Toward Go 2.0"
publication: "Go Weekly"
issue: 169
published_at: "2017-07-20"
canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/169"
---

Go Newsletter 169   . 

[Read this on the Web](http://golangweekly.com/issues/169) 

[Go Newsletter](http://golangweekly.com) Issue 169 — July 20, 2017     

Featured [Toward Go 2.0](https://blog.golang.org/toward-go2?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) From a GopherCon 2017 talk, the process that will be used to decide and implement the changes going into Go 2.0 with a call for input. Russ Cox [Implementing 'strace' in 60 Lines of Go](https://hackernoon.com/strace-in-60-lines-of-go-b4b76e3ecd64?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) A walk-through of a simple strace (a diagnostics tool that can monitor syscalls made by a program) implementation. Liz Rice [Go's Work-Stealing Scheduler](https://rakyll.org/scheduler/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) How the algorithms behind Go’s work scheduler are designed to ensure that goroutines work effectively and efficiently. 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Hunter Loftis [3 Ways to Iterate in Go](https://blog.kowalczyk.info/article/1Bkr/3-ways-to-iterate-in-go.html?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Krzysztof Kowalczyk [How Dropbox Uses Go](https://about.sourcegraph.com/go/go-reliability-and-durability-at-dropbox-tammy-butow?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) story Tammy Butow [Sorry, Go 2.0 Probably Won't Add Your 'Missing' Feature](http://www.infoworld.com/article/3208045/open-source-tools/help-wanted-google-solicits-input-for-golang-2.html?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion That’s not really a surprise, though, is it? InfoWorld [Why You Should Not Use 'checkErr'](https://pocketgophers.com/checkErr/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Pocket Gophers [Ideas On Generics in Go](https://gist.github.com/faiface/340cf2870ca8ac194b5d7269a89e5741?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Another suggestion on how generics _could_ work in Go. 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