The golang genesis story is that pike, thompson and company were so dissatisfied after a ISO C++ meeting that they just decided to make a C++ replacement that

The golang genesis story is that pike, thompson and company were so dissatisfied after a ISO C++ meeting that they just decided to make a C++ replacement that checked all the boxes they wanted. They got somethings wrong. They got somethings right. But, overall it was their NIH reaction to what would become "Modern C++".