[gambiter]

But that doesn't answer any of the (very valid) points raised in the article?

Go is interesting as a replacement for a scripting language, perhaps. But it seems very lacking in many other areas. All of the points in the article, plus what libraries are available.

I think some of it could be explained by it being a young language, but if that's the case, why is it getting the adoption it has so far? Just because it came from Google?

[rakoo]

Because it has allowed so many of us to significantly raise the ratio "Amount of time I care about my project"/"Amount of time I care about something other than my project (typically, the language itself)".

Go is the poster child for Worse is Better. It's ugly, inconsistent, feels naughty at times (all those copy-pastes ! It's so un-DRY !) but it gets shit done.