Could you expand on this? Java certainly isn't perfect today and it certainly wasn't perfect when it gained the mindshare it has now. I think it's pretty impre

Could you expand on this? Java certainly isn't perfect today and it certainly wasn't perfect when it gained the mindshare it has now. I think it's pretty impressive that Golang has achieved anywhere-near-JVM speed with easier concurrency primitives and ease-of-use in the time it has. What standard are we holding Go to that Java would have fit at the time? If you meant Ecosystem-wise there are very few ecosystems that can compare to Java, since it's been around so long and has been the workhorse of (I think) the majority people being paid to write code for so long. If this was the way we picked languages, no new languages would ever emerge. People are being productive in Go, and they're using it to write lots and lots of software. It's a good tool and is already production worthy, at the very least based on the fact that it's already running in production in many places and hasn't spectacularly failed anyone yet. somewhat related rant Also, I think Go changed it's official logo (from the gopher) in an attempt to fit this kind of language, and I think it's stupid. Who cares if their logo is of a worm -- if it's a good piece of software, then the right people (who value good software and craftsmanship over some appearance/facade of professionalism) will use it. People pay us to write good performant software, most of the time they wouldn't care if you wrote it in Brainfuck as long as it worked and worked well (of course, there's also the fact that someone has to maintain it, but let's pretend that doesn't exist). end rant