Go programming language with Windows XP support in the `winxp-compat` branch. Forked from thongtech/go-legacy-win7 with Windows 7 support and classic `go get` behavior. - GitHub - syncguy/go-legacy-winxp at winxp-compat

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A fork of the Go programming language that maintains support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, along with the deprecated `go get` behavior. The project reverts several upstream commits that broke compatibility with legacy Windows systems, including changes to RtlGenRandom, LoadLibraryA fallback, socket syscalls, console handle workarounds, and process wait behavior. Binary distributions are available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, with detailed installation instructions for each platform.