[vladev]

Honestly, I mostly share(d) your opinion, but am starting to see Go in a different light. The problem is that the community pitches it against C/C++, where Go, with its GC, just doesn't fit well, and Java, whose runtime and libraries is still miles ahead (fast GC, for one).

However, Go seems to be very good at what Python/Ruby/Node.js/Perl are good at. It provides a simple, clean language with more guarantees and better runtime (mainly the cheap goroutines). I see Go taking some of their role for web development, simple tools (Go programs produce a single binary - very easy to distribute).

[dvt]

I think you may be right, and I completely understand the problematic benchmarks that always crop up. I don't pretend I'm smarter than the people at Google (because I'm not), but some questionable decisions were made (there's plenty of literature out there written by reputable people) -- and I think that's why Go hasn't seen more of the lime light.

Apart from Google (who uses it for Youtube), Go hasn't really been used in large projects. Maybe 1.1 will change that. I might give it another shot, too!

[mseepgood]

> Apart from Google (who uses it for Youtube), Go hasn't really been used in large projects.

I don't know how large each of these projects is, but a growing number of companies are using it for serious projects:

Iron.io: How We Went from 30 Servers to 2 with Go http://blog.iron.io/2013/03/how-we-went-from-30-servers-to-2...

Behind the Scenes: Big Data at Torbit http://torbit.com/blog/2013/02/19/big-data-at-torbit/

pool.ntp.org DNS server in Go http://news.ntppool.org/2012/10/new-dns-server.html

Juju at Canonical http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/18atce/juju_can...

Go at bitly http://word.bitly.com/post/29550171827/go-go-gadget

CloudFlare blows hole in laws of Web physics with Go and Railgun http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/cloudf...

dl.google.com now served by Go https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/golang-n...

Go At Conformal https://www.cyphertite.com/blog.php?/archives/7-Go-at-Confor...

Go at Novartis https://plus.google.com/114945221884326152379/posts/d1SVaqkR...

Go at the BBC http://www.quora.com/Go-programming-language/Is-Google-Go-re...

Go at SoundCloud http://backstage.soundcloud.com/2012/07/go-at-soundcloud/

Go at CloudFlare http://blog.cloudflare.com/go-at-cloudflare

Go at Heroku http://blog.golang.org/2011/04/go-at-heroku.html

Building StatHat with Go http://blog.golang.org/2011/12/building-stathat-with-go.html