README.md

CGO Example

A simple CGO application that prints "Hello, world!" in Go reading the data from a library in C.

Installation

Assuming a correctly configured Go toolchain:

git clone https://github.com/igor-hnizdo/cgo-example
cd cgo-example
go build

Usage

Run cgo-example on the command line, and it should return Hello, world!.

How Does It Work?

TODO

Should You Be Doing This?

Maybe, but probably not. Relevant articles on this topic are listed below:

• The Cost and Complexity of Cgo
• cgo is not Go