And Go wasn't especially planned by Google execs to use for "solving their problems" -- it is a grassroots project by some Google guys to solve those problems.

And Go wasn't especially planned by Google execs to use for "solving their problems" -- it is a grassroots project by some Google guys to solve those problems. Which is something different than a mandated to use language. Thats the best way that problems get solved. Go needs to win in the marketplace (even in Google's own internal marketplace) on its own merits. That's the best kind of win. Corporate mandates end in committees with no sense of design or minimalism. I've seen enough of that to not want any more.