> I'm not a particularly good programmer, but I'm experienced enough that I feel held back by languages like Go. When you are used to more power, expressivenes

> I'm not a particularly good programmer, but I'm experienced enough that I feel held back by languages like Go. When you are used to more power, expressiveness and clarity, then you just miss it at every step of the way. I fully agree with this sentiment, but I feel that is a pro when programming in the large. Power and expressiveness are not always a good thing in team environments where each persons view of "expressiveness" is different. I say this as someone who worked on a large Perl code base - Perl is powerful, expressive, and if the stars align, may even have clarity. However, when it comes to maintenance, I'll take a 10-line Go function (or 2) over a clever Perl one-liner, any day.