[codygman]

I don't think he undermined the second, but would like to know your opinion. Here is mine:

"- Readability and simplicity are prominent in this context, and js has a syntax that is less than optimal in this regard."

Go code is almost always very simple and readable. What makes you think him choosing Go undermines the simplicity and readability arguments?

[nkohari]

Simplicity and readability are subjective criteria. In my opinion, Go has many merits, but readability is not one of them.

[codygman]

Just out of curiousity, what are your top 5 most readable programming languages that you've used?

[nkohari]

Of the languages that I possess more than just a passing understanding, I'd have to say: CoffeeScript, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, and C#.