I've had the same experience in trying to pick up go. The lack of some FP paradigms that I enjoy (iterators, namely) combined with most of the naming convention

I've had the same experience in trying to pick up go. The lack of some FP paradigms that I enjoy (iterators, namely) combined with most of the naming conventions just puts me off. I realize the goal is to be very paired down and easy to pick up, but it goes to far in limiting language constructs IMO. Rust has several features that I find compelling: optional memory management or GC, first class functions that maintain memory separation, and shared nothing concurrency. All with performance that is increasingly comparable to straight C. Truthfully I am mostly excited about the work Mozilla is doing lately and want to support their efforts where I can.