I would also add that the tooling is very good. A few examples: - Built-in test suite that is simple but extensible. Also fast because it can test different pa

I would also add that the tooling is very good. A few examples: - Built-in test suite that is simple but extensible. Also fast because it can test different packages simultaneously. - Building is easy. Unless you're doing something unusual, you probably don't need a Makefile or any configuration, you just run go build . - Gofmt means that everyone's code looks the same and you don't have to waste your time arguing about indentation or whatever. Some may see this as a downside.