You summarised almost perfectly my gripes with Go. Thank you. Just to add one: any type has a "zero values" as a default value, and the compiler doesn't force y

You summarised almost perfectly my gripes with Go. Thank you. Just to add one: any type has a "zero values" as a default value, and the compiler doesn't force you to initialize stuff. That single misfeature caused basically all of my grey hair, and I'm still young.