[sheept]

Sure, the syntax is unique, but it's fairly easy to get over that. I guess I'm comparing to Rust, where not only is syntax different, but data structures like a tree with parent references aren't as straightforward (nor idiomatic), and there's a lot more explicit methods that requires knowing which are important and which are just noise (e.g. unwrap, as_ref).

I would argue that after a short tutorial on basic syntax, it's easier for a Python/JavaScript programmer to understand Go code than Rust.

[andriy_koval]

to me Rust syntax is less alienating, they adapted ML syntax which is probably second most popular(scala, typescript, kotlin) after C style syntax, while Go from whatever reasons got something totally new.

[assbuttbuttass]

Which aspects of Rust syntax are adapted from ML? Semantics sure, but to me the syntax seems a lot more similar to C++ (e.g. semicolons, type parameters using <>, etc.)

[andriy_koval]

mostly how you declare var + type, and function with parameters, which is probably majority of code boilerplate.