Honestly, I am quite happy with the role of Go as a better C. A lot of applications still get written in C because C++ isn't making things better. And Go has a

Honestly, I am quite happy with the role of Go as a better C. A lot of applications still get written in C because C++ isn't making things better. And Go has a lot of higher level constructs than C, so it reaches into much further domains than C. Structs with methods and struct inheritance as well as interfaces give a surprising amount of power. Also, having first class functions and closures gives a ton of power C (and even C++) lack. Add to that the great GC, and there are surprisingly few tasks I consider Go unfit for. I am certainly watching the work on Go 2.0, it is certainly worth to continue working on enhancing the language, but I am very happy how carefully it is done as adding too much complexity to the language would be detrimental. There are only a very few things I miss generics for and usually they can be worked around. I might have to add the disclaimer, that my paying job is mainly about programming in Lisp, so for me there is a high-level alternative to Go, but this also shows me how Go is a great solution for a lot of problems.