[ddewey]

Go might have a chance, I think, particularly because of its interface system. Defining interfaces based on an object's methods gives the programmer compile-time assurance that objects can do what they'll need to without requiring an unstable, ever-growing tower of types. It may be simple like Java, but its central abstraction is less rigid.

More info: http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#interfaces_and_types

Add to this Go's garbage collection and clean built-in concurrency model, and you've eliminated much of what bugs me in day-to-day C++. Go could still blow it with a poor treatment of generics, but I think it stands a good chance of doing Java and C++'s jobs in a much more concise, 'quiet' style.