[kelnos]

> The very reason I don't consider Go a language "suitable for beginners" is precisely that its compiler accepts so much code that is very clearly wrong.

This struck me as a really insightful thing to say. I often talk about how I like languages with strong type systems, and how I like using those type systems as fully as my brain thinks is reasonable to do so, because when the compiler finishes with no error, I have much more confidence that what I wrote is correct.

But I never really thought about it from the other side: being beginner friendly doesn't just mean "you can pick up the syntax in an afternoon". It should mean that the compiler saves you from beginner mistakes. As someone who only occasionally uses Go, I'd consider myself an "advanced beginner" at the language. And I remember many of the times I wrote code that seemed correct, and the compiler accepted, but was wrong because of Go's quirks.

That alone is a reason to disqualify Go for me as a language to get serious work done in.