I think this is a very two-dimensional way of looking at the problem. Go reduces complexity in order to make it easier to build resilient systems. A language

I think this is a very two-dimensional way of looking at the problem. Go reduces complexity in order to make it easier to build resilient systems. A language like Perl has bucketloads more features, and more expressive syntax, but I’d still say Go is many steps ahead of Perl. On another note, I’d actually argue that some of Go’s features, such as “dynamically typed” interfaces and first-class concurrency support are streets ahead of most other languages. Not to mention its tooling, which is better than any language I’ve used, full stop (a language is so much more than simply its syntax). I believe that functional languages, with proper, fully-fledged type systems, are the best way to model computation. But if I had to write a resilient production system, I’m choosing Go any day.