[awda]

Just a few guesses:

    - It doesn't have Google / Thompson / Rsc / etc behind it
    - It looks more like Ruby than C (say what you will about C-like syntax, but I
      think the success of Java and C++ has proved that point)

But you're right, I ought to look into it.

[film42]

I can't find the source, but I recall Rob Pike talking about how the Go language and syntax are designed to "scale". Naturally, Mr. Pike would opt for a C style syntax, but with tools like go fmt and the package manager built in to the tooling from day 1, he kind of has a point.