[dvirsky]

Easy to pick up and deliver with != intended for unintelligent people. At the end of the day, writing software is minimizing effort vs maximizing impact. If a language takes me there faster in practice and has an easier learning curve so team adoption is easier - I'd pick it. Go is pragmatic, and that's what I like about it. I'd like to see generics in Go, but the "blue collar"/"dumb programmer" argument is just a bit of ad-hominem IMO.

Coming from years of doing both Python/JS and C/C++, Go is a nice balance between the stong points of each camp, and it fits amazingly well in some cases. I hope it will be the new Java, because I love writing in Go and hate writing in Java :)