[frankietwenty9]

> But specifically on simplicity of implementation

I'd suggest a simple language requires a simpler implementation.

> It wasn't enough to just add features to existing programming languages, because sometimes you can get more in the long run by taking things away. They wanted to start from scratch and rethink everything. ... [But they did not want] to deviate too much from what developers already knew because they wanted to avoid alienating Go's target audience.[1]

Sometimes for simple problems a simple tool is the best fit.

[1]https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/11/go-ne... (via wiki)