> And I'm not sure Go qualifies as a "general purpose language". I feel somewhat foolish for asking, but how do you define a "general purpose language"? I've s

> And I'm not sure Go qualifies as a "general purpose language". I feel somewhat foolish for asking, but how do you define a "general purpose language"? I've seen Go used for building internet servers, command-line tools, games, scientific computing, mass data processing, and more. Sure, there are some things Go is not well-suited to, but I think it does enough (and well) to qualify as "general purpose".