Go has generics now, and they're great. Anyway, the idea isn't that everyone already knows Go because it uses familiar features for concurrency, typing, etc.

Go has generics now, and they're great. Anyway, the idea isn't that everyone already knows Go because it uses familiar features for concurrency, typing, etc. The idea is that Go is such a simple language, that anyone with solid CS experience can pick it up in a short amount of time and start being productive with it.