Go can serve as a sort of Java to people who don't want the JVM. There's no rule that says only one language is allowed in a particular space. Go has several s

Go can serve as a sort of Java to people who don't want the JVM. There's no rule that says only one language is allowed in a particular space. Go has several strong points and several weaknesses, which are to be addressed in Go 2. Java didn't have lambdas until 8 and now it does. Its generics implementation is not what I'd like to see. Still, it certainly has its place. Go has been used to implement widely used technologies like Docker & k8, so it seems to have found its justification for existing as well.