"The code you write with Go just seems to be correct." Ironically, Eric Raymond made very similar statements _about Python_ in his 2000 article explaining why

"The code you write with Go just seems to be correct." Ironically, Eric Raymond made very similar statements _about Python_ in his 2000 article explaining why he had moved to Python from static languages and from his previous dynamic language of Perl: "When you're writing working code nearly as fast as you can type and your misstep rate is near zero, it generally means you've achieved mastery of the language. But that didn't make sense, because it was still day one and I was regularly pausing to look up new language and library features!" "This was my first clue that, in Python, I was actually dealing with an exceptionally good design. Most languages have so much friction and awkwardness built into their design that you learn most of their feature set long before your misstep rate drops anywhere near zero. Python was the first general-purpose language I'd ever used that reversed this process." ____and again, regarding a little program whose code he links in the article____. . .: "That doesn't look too bad for deep black magic, does it? Thirty-two lines, counting comments. Just from knowing what I've said about the class structure, the calling code is even readable. But the size of this code isn't the real shocker. Brace yourself: this code only took me about ninety minutes to write—and it worked correctly the first time I ran it." "To say I was astonished would have been positively wallowing in understatement. It's remarkable enough when implementations of simple techniques work exactly as expected the first time; but my first metaclass hack in a new language, six days from a cold standing start? Even if we stipulate that I am a fairly talented hacker, this is an amazing testament to Python's clarity and elegance of design." "There was simply no way I could have pulled off a coup like this in Perl, even with my vastly greater experience level in that language. It was at this point I realized I was probably leaving Perl behind." http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882 http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882