While I don't exactly agree with his general assessment of C# as a language, I'm more baffled by the fact that he doesn't seem to get that Go is supposed to be

While I don't exactly agree with his general assessment of C# as a language, I'm more baffled by the fact that he doesn't seem to get that Go is supposed to be a systems-level programming language, which precludes any virtual machine. It's not meant to replace C++/Java/C# as a language to build large enterprise systems/GUIs, but C/C++ as server/OS-level implementation languages. The sweet spot is a bit different.