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new 607c7fa ARROW-2340: [Website] Add blog post about Go code donation
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commit 607c7fa686ade7a406f1393a756fdf56dd8ae8cb
Author: Wes McKinney <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Mar 22 08:58:35 2018 -0400
ARROW-2340: [Website] Add blog post about Go code donation
This to go live tomorrow morning alongside the 0.9.0 release announcement
Author: Wes McKinney <[email protected]>
Closes #1777 from wesm/ARROW-2340 and squashes the following commits:
3718bc1c <Wes McKinney> Update publication date to 3/22
416be489 <Wes McKinney> Add missing link
3f083e39 <Wes McKinney> Add blog post about Go code donation
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site/_data/contributors.yml | 3 ++
site/_posts/2018-03-22-go-code-donation.md | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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+++ b/site/_data/contributors.yml
@@ -35,4 +35,7 @@
- name: Siddharth Teotia
apacheId: siddharthteotia
githubId: siddharthteotia
+- name: The Apache Arrow PMC
+ apacheId: pmc
+ githubId: pmc
# End contributors.yml
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b/site/_posts/2018-03-22-go-code-donation.md
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+---
+layout: post
+title: "A Native Go Library for Apache Arrow"
+date: "2018-03-22 00:00:00 -0400"
+author: pmc
+categories: [application]
+---
+<!--
+{% comment %}
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+{% endcomment %}
+-->
+
+Since launching in early 2016, Apache Arrow has been growing fast. We have made
+nine major releases through the efforts of over 120 distinct contributors. The
+project’s scope has also expanded. We began by focusing on the development of
+the standardized in-memory columnar data format, which now serves as a pillar
+of the project. Since then, we have been growing into a more general
+cross-language platform for in-memory data analysis through new additions to
+the project like the [Plasma shared memory object store][1]. A primary goal of
+the project is to enable data system developers to process and move data fast.
+
+So far, we officially have developed native Arrow implementations in C++, Java,
+and JavaScript. We have created binding layers for the C++ libraries in C
+(using the GLib libraries) and Python. We have also seen efforts to develop
+interfaces to the Arrow C++ libraries in Go, Lua, Ruby, and Rust. While binding
+layers serve many purposes, there can be benefits to native implementations,
+and so we’ve been keen to see future work on native implementations in growing
+systems languages like Go and Rust.
+
+This past October, engineers [Stuart Carnie][2], [Nathaniel Cook][3], and
+[Chris Goller][4], employees of [InfluxData][5], began developing a native [Go
+language implementation of the [Apache Arrow][6] in-memory columnar format for
+use in Go-based database systems like InfluxDB. We are excited to announce that
+InfluxData has donated this native Go implementation to the Apache Arrow
+project, where it will continue to be developed. This work features low-level
+integration with the Go runtime and native support for SIMD instruction
+sets. We are looking forward to working more closely with the Go community on
+solving in-memory analytics and data interoperability problems.
+
+<div align="center">
+<img src="{{ site.base-url }}/img/native_go_implementation.png"
+ alt="Apache Arrow implementations and bindings"
+ width="60%" class="img-responsive">
+</div>
+
+One of the mantras in [The Apache Software Foundation][7] is "Community over
+Code". By building an open and collaborative development community across many
+programming language ecosystems, we will be able to development better and
+longer-lived solutions to the systems problems faced by data developers.
+
+We are excited for what the future holds for the Apache Arrow project. Adding
+first-class support for a popular systems programming language like Go is an
+important step along the way. We welcome others from the Go community to get
+involved in the project. We also welcome others who wish to explore building
+Arrow support for other programming languages not yet represented. Learn more
+at [https://arrow.apache.org][9] and join the mailing list
+[[email protected]][8].
+
+[1]: http://arrow.apache.org/blog/2017/08/16/0.6.0-release/
+[2]: https://github.com/stuartcarnie
+[3]: https://github.com/nathanielc
+[4]: https://github.com/goller
+[5]: https://influxdata.com
+[6]: https://github.com/influxdata/arrow
+[7]: https://www.apache.org
+[8]: https://lists.apache.org/[email protected]
+[9]: https://arrow.apache.org
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