I think it's trying to stay fairly close to C, with additional features selected judiciously. Systems programming was identified as an important design goal (e.

I think it's trying to stay fairly close to C, with additional features selected judiciously. Systems programming was identified as an important design goal (e.g. having close control of memory layout). See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(programming_language)#Omissions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(programming_language)#Omis...