[kermitismyhero]

It's also easier on the learning curve. I've just gotten back into coding as a hobby after a two-decade-long gap. In that time every few years I've tried to pick up C, and always ended up bewildered and frustrated by garbage collection matters. Maybe with formal instruction I could have figured it out, but the learning curve as a weekend/evening hobbyist was like a vertical cliff.

But in one month with Go, I've gone from "barely remembers his teenage QBasic days and dabbles in VBA at work" to "writing genuinely useful utilities with minimal time investment". I'm sure the language has limitations, but I've yet to run into any that are personal showstoppers.