I think it's more a sign that Go will eventually pick up (some of/all of) the features people complain of it missing, in time. Maybe when it's a complete langua

I think it's more a sign that Go will eventually pick up (some of/all of) the features people complain of it missing, in time. Maybe when it's a complete language it will still be simple; maybe trying to keep it artificially simple now will hamper it later. Remains to be seen.