This really seems like the sweet-spot for Go - nearly the same runtime performance as C/C++, and no single-threaded memory leaks or stomps. Low memory overhead,

This really seems like the sweet-spot for Go - nearly the same runtime performance as C/C++, and no single-threaded memory leaks or stomps. Low memory overhead, fast startup time, and the time amortization inherent in garbage collection doesn't matter a whit.