I understand what you're saying but I think it also goes to my point - I feel like those handful of people couldn't possibly do as much to get Golang into the m

I understand what you're saying but I think it also goes to my point - I feel like those handful of people couldn't possibly do as much to get Golang into the mainstream as could a whole company/divisional effort. I honestly don't feel like Google as a company is putting that much effort into Golang and many of their other projects. Remember when they were building Chrome and how quickly they iterated on it? That was awesome to behold! Maybe a slow pace and a smaller user base is better for developing a language, but if that's the case then I guess I'll just wait another decade before really investing time into Golang.