> Go is very, very similar to Java 1.4 Except for multiple return values, easy concurrency, implicit interfaces, real value types, pointers, functions as first

> Go is very, very similar to Java 1.4 Except for multiple return values, easy concurrency, implicit interfaces, real value types, pointers, functions as first class types, closures, no inheritance, no exceptions.... but yeah, other than that, they're totally similar languages.