I've been writing C for two decades. But in recent years I have used Go as a replacement for C whenever possible. I think of Go as an improved C, with slightly

I've been writing C for two decades. But in recent years I have used Go as a replacement for C whenever possible. I think of Go as an improved C, with slightly different performance characteristics. In your opinion, what is the advantage of writing a program like Mako in C rather than Go?