OMHO More like: Java: Lets make C++ simpler and safer for the average bear, and give them a large standard library. Go: Lets take an OO subset from Java, duck

OMHO More like: Java: Lets make C++ simpler and safer for the average bear, and give them a large standard library. Go: Lets take an OO subset from Java, duck typing from Python, CSP and glue it all together with memory-safe subset of C that is garbage collected.