Things I like about Go: The compilation speed is super fast which makes it feel like you are developing with a scripting language as opposed to a statically ty

Things I like about Go: The compilation speed is super fast which makes it feel like you are developing with a scripting language as opposed to a statically typed language. I typically edit code, run the tests and correct my errors without any noticeable time lost waiting. The Go parser and pretty printer are exposed as a libraries in the Go distribution which allows for interesting meta-programming.