[dragonwriter]

> Why is that verbosity never mentioned as a negative for Go

It is, all the time. For some random examples:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27175184

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8893204

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19354659

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33942901