True. I haven't played with Go, but the reason I like Scala (slow compiler and somewhat lacklustre tooling aside) is precisely because I have a lot of time and

True. I haven't played with Go, but the reason I like Scala (slow compiler and somewhat lacklustre tooling aside) is precisely because I have a lot of time and brainpower invested in JVM-based stuff. If and when I need a wicked fast systems programming language, I think Go might be on the agenda.