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Yup, it was literally designed for large-scale software development. Good article https://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article https://talks.golang.org/2012/sp

• Spivak 6y ago
  I think Go is a genuinely fantastic experiment testing the idea that it's actually easier to write and modify long, boiler-platy, but painfully explicit code.
  • mseepgood 6y ago
    The syntax was designed to be "just right": https://talks.golang.org/2012/goforc.slide#10 https://talks.golang.org/2012/goforc.slide#10 https://talks.golang.org/2012/goforc.slide#11 https://talks.golang.org/2012/goforc.slide#11 https://talks.golang.org/2012/goforc.slide#12 https://talks.golang.org/2012/goforc.slide#12
• tengbretson 6y ago
  I don't think that's even up for debate. As far as I'm concerned they have definitely met their goal. I find it similar to the fact that, while I am thankful that the operator's manual for my toaster was written at a 4th grade reading level, I find it unlikely that anyone has that task in mind when they say they want to be a writer when they grow up.