Task: Quaternion type
C: #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <math.h>

typedef struct quaternion
{
  double q[4];
} quaternion_t;


quaternion_t *quaternion_new(void)
{
  return malloc(sizeof(quaternion_t));
}

quaternion_t *quaternion_new_set(double q1,
				 double q2,
				 double q3,
				 double q4)
{
  quaternion_t *q = malloc(sizeof(quaternion_t));
  if (q != NULL) {
    q->q[0] = q1; q->q[1] = q2; q->q[2] = q3; q->q[3] = q4;
  }
  return q;
}


void quaternion_copy(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *q)
{
  size_t i;

  if (r == NULL || q == NULL) return;
  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) r->q[i] = q->q[i];
}


double quaternion_norm(quaternion_t *q)
{
  size_t i;
  double r = 0.0;
  
  if (q == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "NULL quaternion in norm\n");
    return 0.0;
  }

  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) r += q->q[i] * q->q[i];
  return sqrt(r);
}


void quaternion_neg(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *q)
{
  size_t i;

  if (q == NULL || r == NULL) return;
  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) r->q[i] = -q->q[i];
}


void quaternion_conj(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *q)
{
  size_t i;

  if (q == NULL || r == NULL) return;
  r->q[0] = q->q[0];
  for(i = 1; i < 4; i++) r->q[i] = -q->q[i];
}


void quaternion_add_d(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *q, double d)
{
  if (q == NULL || r == NULL) return;
  quaternion_copy(r, q);
  r->q[0] += d;
}


void quaternion_add(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *a, quaternion_t *b)
{
  size_t i;

  if (r == NULL || a == NULL || b == NULL) return;
  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) r->q[i] = a->q[i] + b->q[i];
}


void quaternion_mul_d(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *q, double d)
{
  size_t i;

  if (r == NULL || q == NULL) return;
  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) r->q[i] = q->q[i] * d;
}

bool quaternion_equal(quaternion_t *a, quaternion_t *b)
{
  size_t i;
  
  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) if (a->q[i] != b->q[i]) return false;
  return true;
}


#define A(N) (a->q[(N)])
#define B(N) (b->q[(N)])
#define R(N) (r->q[(N)])
void quaternion_mul(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *a, quaternion_t *b)
{
  size_t i;
  double ri = 0.0;

  if (r == NULL || a == NULL || b == NULL) return;
  R(0) = A(0)*B(0) - A(1)*B(1) - A(2)*B(2) - A(3)*B(3);
  R(1) = A(0)*B(1) + A(1)*B(0) + A(2)*B(3) - A(3)*B(2);
  R(2) = A(0)*B(2) - A(1)*B(3) + A(2)*B(0) + A(3)*B(1);
  R(3) = A(0)*B(3) + A(1)*B(2) - A(2)*B(1) + A(3)*B(0);
}
#undef A
#undef B
#undef R


void quaternion_print(quaternion_t *q)
{
  if (q == NULL) return;
  printf("(%lf, %lf, %lf, %lf)\n", 
	 q->q[0], q->q[1], q->q[2], q->q[3]);
}

Go: package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "math"
)

type qtn struct {
    r, i, j, k float64
}

var (
    q  = &qtn{1, 2, 3, 4}
    q1 = &qtn{2, 3, 4, 5}
    q2 = &qtn{3, 4, 5, 6}

    r  float64 = 7
)

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Inputs")
    fmt.Println("q:", q)
    fmt.Println("q1:", q1)
    fmt.Println("q2:", q2)
    fmt.Println("r:", r)

    var qr qtn
    fmt.Println("\nFunctions")
    fmt.Println("q.norm():", q.norm())
    fmt.Println("neg(q):", qr.neg(q))
    fmt.Println("conj(q):", qr.conj(q))
    fmt.Println("addF(q, r):", qr.addF(q, r))
    fmt.Println("addQ(q1, q2):", qr.addQ(q1, q2))
    fmt.Println("mulF(q, r):", qr.mulF(q, r))
    fmt.Println("mulQ(q1, q2):", qr.mulQ(q1, q2))
    fmt.Println("mulQ(q2, q1):", qr.mulQ(q2, q1))
}

func (q *qtn) String() string {
    return fmt.Sprintf("(%g, %g, %g, %g)", q.r, q.i, q.j, q.k)
}

func (q *qtn) norm() float64 {
    return math.Sqrt(q.r*q.r + q.i*q.i + q.j*q.j + q.k*q.k)
}

func (z *qtn) neg(q *qtn) *qtn {
    z.r, z.i, z.j, z.k = -q.r, -q.i, -q.j, -q.k
    return z
}

func (z *qtn) conj(q *qtn) *qtn {
    z.r, z.i, z.j, z.k = q.r, -q.i, -q.j, -q.k
    return z
}

func (z *qtn) addF(q *qtn, r float64) *qtn {
    z.r, z.i, z.j, z.k = q.r+r, q.i, q.j, q.k
    return z
}

func (z *qtn) addQ(q1, q2 *qtn) *qtn {
    z.r, z.i, z.j, z.k = q1.r+q2.r, q1.i+q2.i, q1.j+q2.j, q1.k+q2.k
    return z
}

func (z *qtn) mulF(q *qtn, r float64) *qtn {
    z.r, z.i, z.j, z.k = q.r*r, q.i*r, q.j*r, q.k*r
    return z
}

func (z *qtn) mulQ(q1, q2 *qtn) *qtn {
    z.r, z.i, z.j, z.k =
        q1.r*q2.r-q1.i*q2.i-q1.j*q2.j-q1.k*q2.k,
        q1.r*q2.i+q1.i*q2.r+q1.j*q2.k-q1.k*q2.j,
        q1.r*q2.j-q1.i*q2.k+q1.j*q2.r+q1.k*q2.i,
        q1.r*q2.k+q1.i*q2.j-q1.j*q2.i+q1.k*q2.r
    return z
}