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Can Go functions be called by C++ or C# code on windows? Does Go support generating dll in Windows?

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  • I know gccgo is sometimes more compatible this way, but I don't think even it can compile to a DLL yet... – rogerdpack Sep 29 '14 at 20:37
  • Some work in that direction has been undertaken, see [issue 11058](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/11058). August 2016: not done yet. – Deleplace Aug 23 '16 at 14:10

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No, Go code is statically linked. The reason for this is Go's runtime, which is embeded in every executable, among other things.

Edit:

It is apparently possible with a lot of indirection, but far from usable in practice. See Call go functions from C and the linked blog posts for more information.

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