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-Go 1.11 adds an experimental port to WebAssembly.
+Go 1.11 added an experimental port to WebAssembly.
 
 WebAssembly is described on its [home page](https://webassembly.org) as:
 
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 This page will be updated over time with more information relevant to Go's support for WebAssembly.
 
-**NOTE:** if you ever set the `GOROOT` environment variable to the path of an earlier Go SDK version other than the version of the `go` command, please unset this environment variable to avoid problems in the following tutorial.
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 # Example
 
 To compile a basic Go package for the web: