Interesting comment, as 2 of the main Go creators (Ken Thompson and Rob Pike) did work at the Bell Labs. So while I doubt they tried to write Java, Go in a sens

Interesting comment, as 2 of the main Go creators (Ken Thompson and Rob Pike) did work at the Bell Labs. So while I doubt they tried to write Java, Go in a sense was written by the Bell Labs :). (And Kernighan was their floor-mate too, that must have been a stunningly great environment)