[aerique]

I recently had to use Go for the first time at work, while generally Common Lisp is my go-to language.

I kinda liked it for a systems language. It has conveniences trickled down from higher level languages[1] that are missing from C & C++ and which make them such a chore to use

[1] for example: garbage collection and being able to print an object without have to import vast libraries

[DonaldFisk]

These are things that Lisp programmers take for granted, but it's difficult to convince most C/C++ programmers of the advantages of garbage collection, as if they wanted it they wouldn't be using C/C++.

[flavio81]

>advantages of garbage collection, as if they wanted it they wouldn't be using C/C++.

There are garbage collection libs for C++ and they are used by C++ programmers whenever necessary.