Read the debate with Go vs Java here with interest. I'd like to add a point I think is missed by the Java crowd in favor of Go. Complexity isn't free. Java mig

Read the debate with Go vs Java here with interest. I'd like to add a point I think is missed by the Java crowd in favor of Go. Complexity isn't free. Java might have and abundance of tools, IDE's, language features etc, but you can't claim that matching up every Go feature or tool with something superior found among the huge Java universe makes Java superior in every way. I find that there is an unfair assumption being used by the Java advocates, here which is that every software developer has a deep knowledge of Java. As one of those people who can certainly write Java code, but who is not familiar with the Java eco system and has not spend a lot of time with I must say that Go to me is a clear winner. My exposure to professional Java development has been quite frustrating compared to writing Go code. Every Java project I have gotten has used some different built tool: Ant, Maven or Gradle. They have also all seem to use different IDE's. The complexity of each of these tools is staggering. Considerable time has to be spend learning these tools. Go in comparison is laughably simple. You can get productive in less than a week without ever having used the dam thing. The tools and the libraries are very quick to get into. In fact I find Go code so easy to read that although I am an iOS developer by trade, I frequently read Go code to understand how various algorithms and network stuff works. An organization would easily be able to add people to a Go project without much previous exposure to the language. Adding people with limited Java knowledge to a Java project however would be far more expensive. Considerable time would be needed for training. There is a lot of money to be saved from having a well thought out standard library combined with a simple language with simple well thought out tools. As a Swift/Objective-C developer, my major gripes with my development process is actually the complexity of the tooling. Both Swift and Objective-C are fairly straightforward languages IMHO. In this regard I greatly envy Go developers although I do enjoy the strong typing and generics in Swift.