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+gofast
+======
+
+*gofast* is a [FastCGI](http://www.fastcgi.com/devkit/doc/fcgi-spec.html)
+client written purely in go.
+
+
+Why?
+----
+Many popular languages (e.g. Python, PHP, Ruby) has FastCGI server
+implementations. Developer used to proxy Nginx or Apache requests
+to these FastCGI backend. What if go developers can use these
+languages through the same protocol?
+
+Some quick and dirty RPC could be handy with the help of all the
+other languages support FastCGI. The only limit is your imagination.
+
+Also, this is fun to do :-)
+