[darshan]

Go feels to me like it is trying to combine C and Python...

That sounds about right. From the Go FAQ: Go is an attempt to combine the ease of programming of an interpreted, dynamically typed language with the efficiency and safety of a statically typed, compiled language.

Of course, whether the precise balance that Go comes to works for you is personal. I really like having most of the efficiency of C and much of the expressiveness of Ruby. I'm just getting started, but I haven't had this much fun learning a new language since I learned Ruby six years ago. Go is differently expressive than Ruby and introduces (to me) some powerful, interesting, and fun ideas (goroutines plus channels, for example.)

I think Ruby will still be my go-to language for everyday tasks, but Go definitely looks like it will have its place in my toolbox, likely replacing my occasional use of C++ at the very least. I also plan to use it on App Engine.

I don't think your post was FUD, but I'm guessing it was "I might have another look in about a decade or so" that might have felt dismissive to some people. That's not FUD, though, and it's fair to express your personal opinion like that.

[genwin]

> I'm just getting started, but I haven't had this much fun learning a new language since I learned Ruby six years ago.

Same here. I love having speed closer to C that's way easier to code than C.