This is not a deprecation of the language, or even a small part of the language, and it's certainly a lot less than dumping huge parts of an existing and functi

This is not a deprecation of the language, or even a small part of the language, and it's certainly a lot less than dumping huge parts of an existing and functional language as we saw with python 3 and perl 6. This is simply changing the command-line options that you would do on a somewhat occasional basis, but it does not require changes to any code (except for, perhaps, installation shell scripts or install docs.) This does not infringe on the Go backwards-compatibility promise that attracted me to Go in the first place in any way, and it helps clarify a confusing situation. It's a win-win.