I disagree that the sweet spot of Go is in the same place as the sweet spot of Python. Go has put significantly less emphasis on transparently readable code. Vi

I disagree that the sweet spot of Go is in the same place as the sweet spot of Python. Go has put significantly less emphasis on transparently readable code. Viewed from C++, Go looks like Python, but viewed from Python Go looks like a less crazy Java. Fast compilation (merely being-interpreted) is surely a very cool feature which makes Go more appealing, but that is not the only productivity feature of Python.