[bsaul]

I'm having a hard time believing the go core team changed its mind upon popular pressure only. Are you sure there wasn't a real-life painful scenario that appeared or grew in importance , and convinced them an alternative system had to be provided ?

[jen20]

The recent(ish) interview with Russ Cox on the "Go Time" podcast [1] sheds some light on this, but I listened to it long enough ago that I can't remember the entire reasoning.

[1]: https://changelog.com/gotime/77