[thescrewdriver]

The first two apply to Go and Java, the last only to Java since Go hasn't added major features recently.

>> additional features are a source of evil

> Some of us have walked down that path before (e.g. Perl, Scala) and think we have seen the light (or at least the darkness).

We've walked down that path and have been very happy and productive with Scala. Each to his own I guess.