For blog post: http://blog.jahfer.com/2013/03/16/basic-threading/

threading.go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    // set up our in/out pipe
    nums := make(chan int, 3)

    // anonymous functions!
    // the 'go' keyword will run this function in a new thread
    go func() {
        // lets pause for a millisecond to demo concurrency
        time.Sleep(1)
        nums <- 1
    }()

    go func() {
        nums <- 2
    }()

    go func() {
        nums <- 3
    }()

    // <-var will block until a value is received
    x := <-nums
    y := <-nums
    z := <-nums

    // Result depends on which functions finish first
    fmt.Printf("%d + %d + %d = %d\n", x, y, z, x+y+z)
    // Usually "2 + 3 + 1 = 6"
}