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by cwyers 4123 days ago
Found the post, by Rob Pike of the Go team:

"I was asked a few weeks ago, "What was the biggest surprise you encountered rolling out Go?" I knew the answer instantly: Although we expected C++ programmers to see Go as an alternative, instead most Go programmers come from languages like Python and Ruby. Very few come from C++."

http://commandcenter.blogspot.it/2012/06/less-is-exponential...