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@@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ function itself is called (this is intuitive).
 The golang documentation gives the examples of closing file handles and
 printing HTML footers (defer right after printing the header).
 
+Language Notes
+----------------
+
+`complex64` and `complex128` are built-in numeric types. `rune` is also built-in.
+
+Capitalization controls visibility. Everything is visible within a package;
+only upper-case things are visible outside the package.
+
+All types have a "zero value" which they are automatically initialized with if
+not defined otherwise. These include `false` for boolean, 0 for numerics, empty
+string, and `nil` in many cases. This recurses down in to structs, collections,
+etc.
+
+TODO: capitalization of struct fields
+
 Learning Resources
 -------------------
 In addition to the excellent dynamic Tour, documentation, and other things