[sdboyer]

nix/guix was not ignored.

There are a host of other reasons that we could happily debate for years (no thanks), but bottom line: you can't use it everywhere you can write/compile Go code.

[zzzcpan]

While it's true, that you can't use nix/guix everywhere, but the ideas are orthogonal to where you can write/compile Go code.

[goodplay]

Not looking for a debate: Why can't you use it everywhere you could write or compile Go code?

[tomjakubowski]

Nix barely supports Windows, for one thing. I don't think Go developers would consider installing cygwin just to run a broken version of Nix. And it doesn't officially support any BSDs other than OS X, I think.