[andrewbinstock]

> I could be wrong, but I don't believe the existence of Go was much of a problem.

It wasn't so much Go per se, but the fact that Google was pushing two new languages at the same time. It created the perception, for me at least, that Google was pushing out new languages to see which ones stuck and kill those that didn't. Google had/has the reputation for killing off projects that it lost interest in. And I wasn't willing to learn new a new language and its ecosystem only to be marooned there a few years later.

So, while I was definitely interested in alternatives to JS, there was no way I'd pick up on Dart.

[kbd]

Totally agree. Also, Go was refreshing. Intentionally limited, yes, but simple-yet-powerful. Then they show off Dart and it looked like yet another 90's-style curly-brace language, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who asked "why bother?".