Go's major advantage is its cute mascot. At Google, Go seems to be competing with Python. http://www.quora.com/Which-is-easier-to-program-in-Python-or-Go http:

Go's major advantage is its cute mascot. At Google, Go seems to be competing with Python. http://www.quora.com/Which-is-easier-to-program-in-Python-or-Go http://www.quora.com/Which-is-easier-to-program-in-Python-or... Looks like for certain problems that don't need to interoperate with the larger system and don't need big library support, Go can sneak in.