In addition to what melted said, Go has strong opinions about things (we want to keep language simple, we want to encourage writing maintainable code, we want f

In addition to what melted said, Go has strong opinions about things (we want to keep language simple, we want to encourage writing maintainable code, we want fast compilation, etc) and it's okay if those opinions mean it can't please some critics. For example, Go isn't against generics. They just don't know (yet) how to do it while keeping language simple and compilation fast.