To the extent that Go has features that no other popular language has, it is not influential. To the extent to which it invented those things, it's not influent

To the extent that Go has features that no other popular language has, it is not influential. To the extent to which it invented those things, it's not influential. And that's why he didn't make that claim, he made a much broader one. The only problem is, if you make the broader one, it's obvious it's F#/C# that's been influential.