I dont see why this is being downvoted, in context of the parent comment > we're still using security libraries written in what is essentially a portable assem

I dont see why this is being downvoted, in context of the parent comment > we're still using security libraries written in what is essentially a portable assembly language, doing silly things like pointer arithmetic, manually allocating memory, and other chainsaw juggling feats. Ok. So I'm pointing out that Go actually doesn't do such a "silly" thing...