I am considering learning Go. As far as I know about it, it's a systems language geared toward parallel programming. (correct me if I'm wrong)Should I have a very good understanding of C in order to be good Go programmer?How much systems concepts (*nix OS concepts) I need to master before delving into GoWhat other things I should know/learn before starting Go
What are the prerequisites for learning Go
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Go isn't specifically a systems programming language, it's a general purpose programming language.You don't need any prior knowledge of C to get started, it's not very close to C at all (even syntactically).You don't need specific systems concepts (Unix or otherwise) either. A fair understanding of how to get things done on the command line and how to use a text editor are pretty much all you need - and since you can do the Tour of Go entirely from your favorite browser, even that's not required.Go would be fine as a first programming language (except maybe that Go being a relatively young language, you might find a bit less documentation and tutorials around than for others, and the tools/ecosystem might have a few more rough edges).All you need is time to go through tutorials and introductory material on golang.org and elsewhere, patience, and curiosity.