I tried to approach Go as a better C and alternative to C++. C++ has too many warts. I was hoping Go fixed them. A lot of them it did, but articles like this

I tried to approach Go as a better C and alternative to C++. C++ has too many warts. I was hoping Go fixed them. A lot of them it did, but articles like this reminds me how many warts Go still has. > Ken Thompson was once asked what he would do differently if he were redesigning the UNIX system. His reply: "I'd spell creat with an e." Similar naming is littered through Go. It's like he never learned.