[mayormcheeseman]

There's definitely valid criticisms, but a lot of it seems like hate. But I also agree that it's probably a reaction to the earlier hype wave.

I especially find it funny that people assume that people like Rob Pike and Ken Thompson who have published research papers on computer science forgot or misunderstand modern language features. They purposely made their language this way, for better or for worse. They never stated that they were trying to make the next Java. And all of the successful projects that have been released so far written in Go is proof enough that it seems they know what they're doing.

People complain online for a language they won't use instead of using the languages that are "superior" to make useful modern software.