I agree, I should have grounded the claim of ignorance in a long list of specific instances or made no comment at all; sometimes less is more. Aside, I use and

I agree, I should have grounded the claim of ignorance in a long list of specific instances or made no comment at all; sometimes less is more. Aside, I use and enjoy languages other than Go; it is simply a tool to solve problems, and I don't want to detract people from using other tools. We all develop opinions with regards to what does and does not work well. I never intended to devalue others' experience or perspective. I was simply pointing out that many people seem to not have suffered through enough bad work experiences to appreciate Go's main feature of simplicity. If you haven't run across horrible, insanely overcomplicated, code written by those that think they are the top 1% intelligence-wise, you might not appreciate Go. Likewise, if you write horrible, insanely overcomplicated, code and think you, yourself, are brilliant, you probably won't appreciate Go. If you only work alone or on small teams and projects, you might not appreciate Go.