This doesn't deserve the downmods; when one assumes good faith all we have here is a straightforward question. Here is the answer; When you wish to provide a l

This doesn't deserve the downmods; when one assumes good faith all we have here is a straightforward question. Here is the answer; When you wish to provide a library that you intend for use in diverse applications[1] -- and OpenSSL is a excellent example of exactly this case -- you cannot choose a language with a complex runtime. Go has a complex runtime. There is no getting around this; any non-trivial software implemented in Go will require a number of runtime facilities and accommodating that becomes a burden for the library user. Rust has about the same runtime burden as C/C++. It links the same way as C/C++ and imposes the minimum possible burden on the library user. [1] diverse as in essentially all platforms, from microcontrollers to high performance systems at scale, over decades of evolution.